Innovative Approaches to Arabic Rhetoric (The Example of Emin al-Khuli)
Rhetoric, once a popular discipline in its early days, fulfilling society's literary and artistic needs, became a discipline that largely lost its function from the late seventh century AH onward, and finally began to decline and lose its importance in the modern era. Known for his innovative views, Amin al-Khuli (1895-1966) argued that classical rhetoric had become detached from living language and social life, revolving around the same internal debates and repeating the same examples for centuries. He presented a coherent and coherent approach to the new rhetoric, which he called "The Art of Rhetoric." Based on the principle that rhetoric is an art that teaches how to speak and write in the most eloquent and beautiful way, distinguishes good speech from bad speech, and uses language as its medium, this approach is an extremely bold approach that aims to present the new rhetoric with a fresh perspective. This approach envisions radical changes in many aspects, from naming to content, classification, and purpose.