Formalist Criticism of the Sermon of Jihad

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Hakim Sabzevari University

10.22081/jrla.2019.53548.1207

Abstract

The formalism is a new method of criticism based on texts’ form.it means that formalism seeks to study literacy level of a text. From a formal viewpoint, it is well noticed that author seeks to apply tone and music to inspirit meanings and help his/her addressee (reader) to understand and learn. Meanwhile, he/she takes another step beyond the word’s meaning and makes creative influences on the subject understanding by appropriate using of long tones and vocals corresponding to text. In phonetic congruence, components and vowels are arranged in a way that they inspire intense wording and a heavy climate. Meaning congruency is considered and unity of congruent words induce intended meanings such that those unfamiliar with the language will understand it generally. On the other hand, author has considered not only congruency of vocal but also form aspects words. Although they complement each other, their unity is very important.
All of these indicate that Sermon of Jihad have a strong musical construction and its vocal congruency to inspire meanings and concepts has been successful. Form beauty of words relate them closely. Meaning have no influence on the text appearance, but it mix words’ form and tone to communicate their meaning.

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