The Proverbs in Khas Al-Khas Book by Abu Mansur Al-Tha'labi: Rhetorical, Stylistic

Proverbs are a representation of Arab life in the pre-Islamic era, embodying its customs, traditions, beliefs, and the behavior of individuals and groups. They have gained great popularity among writers and linguists, resulting in the creation of many independent books or the dedication of entire chapters to them within language and literature books. However, they have not received the same attention as the study of poetry, its nature, purposes, and techniques, which includes proverbs specifically and other forms of prose such as speeches, letters, and dialogues in general. Despite this, these works remain confined to collection and narration without examination, analysis, or inspection. Therefore, this research aims to study them within a modern pedagogical framework that looks at the text regardless of its literary genre, whether poetry or prose, as both complementary, interconnected, and interactive elements, not as scattered parts. Although the nature of this study requires the researcher to break down the discourse to uncover the aesthetic and linguistic rules that combined to create it, the methods used to structure this discourse within a single text may vary. Therefore, the stylistic, artistic, and aesthetic values may vary depending on the diversity of these literary types and forms, as each has its own logic and structural identity that grants it uniqueness and specificity according to the context and in accordance with its rhetorical and stylistic value.