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Abstract
This is a groundbreaking work that aims at expounding, through Aristotle's Triangle, the persuasion/argumentative devices in Imam Hussein's sermons on the day of Ashura, the day of his martyrdom. In this battle, two sides are seen; on one …
Abstract
This is a groundbreaking work that aims at expounding, through Aristotle's Triangle, the persuasion/argumentative devices in Imam Hussein's sermons on the day of Ashura, the day of his martyrdom. In this battle, two sides are seen; on one side, there is Yazid's army whose concern is to subjugate Hussein to paying allegiance to their king, or otherwise would pay his life. On the other hand, there is Hussein and his companions who attempt to dissuade their enemy, by means of rhetorical persuasive sermons, from embarking on the disgrace of massacring the Prophet's family. The sermons of Hussein were persuasive enough to make Hurr, one of Yazid's commanders, turn sides to Hussein, fight in his path, and eventually die in his cause (Abu Mikhnaf, 2001; Hazelton, 2010). The study reveals that the three corners of Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle are maintained in Ashura's sermons in association with other rhetorical devices.
Keywords
Keywords: Ashura battle, argumentativeness, Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle, Imam Hussein, persuasion, Arabic poetics, rhetoric.