The course Rhetoric (RA223) is taught to second-year students of the Arabic Language Department, for two hours per week. In the course, the student studies the definition of the science of rhetoric and its history, the study of similes in general, the study of the meanings of words in terms of truth and metaphor, metaphor, semantics and development, metaphor and its sections, applying the studied knowledge to selected texts. The course aims at:
• The student should know how to convey meaning in various ways in the Arabic language.
• To familiarize the student with the science of rhetoric that enables him to avoid the moral complexity of what he writes. In addition, this is done to enable him understand Arabicic structures and the rhetorical images they contain, and the types of metaphors they contain.
• That the student can apply what he studied from these topics to selected literary texts.
The value of the student's return from his studies:
• Enhancing the student's capacity for literary criticism.
• Developing the student's ability to write creatively based on understanding and perceiving what he writes.
By studying this science, the student can understand the beauty of the text.
