A Stylistic Study of the Seven Suspended Odes (The Muʻallaqāt) based on Buziman’s Statistical Equation (Case Study: The Poems of Umar Ibn Kulthum and Hareth Ibn Helazah)

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Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Velayat University, Iranshahr, Iran

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The use of statistical methods gives literary research a scientific and mathematical dimension that helps us determine the accuracy of the results obtained. Buziman’s Statistical Equation is one of the most important statistical methods that relies on examining the words used in the text and counting the verbs and adjectives in it. Therefore, by referring to the statistics that arise from the ratio of verbs to adjectives, the reader can understand the degree of passivity or objectivity of a writer’s style. Increasing this ratio (VAR) indicates the literary and emotional nature of the text, and decreasing it indicates that it is subjective. From this perspective, the present study aims to investigate the texts of two honorary and prominent pre-Islamic poets, Umar Ibn Kulthum al-Taghlebi and al-Harith Ibn al-Halazah al-yashkuri, to examine their statistical style to show the extent of their style based on Buzman's equation. A stylistic study according to this approach is a quantitative study. One of the salient conclusions reached is that the style of both poets is similar, but the degree of literary emotion and motivation is different. The Suspended Ode (The Muʻallaqāt) of Umar Ibn Kulthum is more literary than The Muʻallaqāt of al-Harith Ibn Halazah. It seems that the increase of the verb relative to the adjective ratio (VAR) in the Muʻallaqāt of Umar has made the text more dynamic.

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بحوث في اللغة العربية
Volume 12, Issue 23 - Serial Number 23
October 2020
Pages 179-196

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