A Stylistic Study of Resentment in Al-Zahraa’s Sermon of Fadak

Abstract

 In its active form, resentment can be a forceful response to acts that have created unjustified suffering. In relation to Al-Zahraa’s sermon, she feels injustice when her earth and right has been taken after her father death. As such, she goes to the mosque where Abu Baker and others found and delivers her speech. Stylistically, Al-Zahraa uses certain devices or deviations as a way to deliver her message effectively to the audience. Consequently, the study tries to find answers to the following questions: (1) how is resentment manifested in Al-Zahraa’s sermon? (2) what are the stylistic devices that are utilized in Al-Zahraa’s sermon? (3) Does Al-Zahraa succeed in expressing her resentment effectively? And (4) To who her resentment is directed? Due to these problems, the following aims are set: (1) showing out how resentment is manifested in Al-Zahraa’s sermon, (2) identifying the stylistic devices that are used in Al-Zahraa’s sermon, (3) clarifying whether Al-Zahraa succeeds in expressing her resentment effectively or not, and (4) Identifying the addressee that Al-Zahraa wants to deliver her resentment to.  In the light of these aims, the paper hypothesizes the following: (1) resentment is manifested through using certain strategies and devices, (2) there are some stylistic devices that are heavily used in Al-Zahraa’s sermon, and (3) Al-Zahraa succeeds in expressing her resentment effectively, and (4) All of Al-Zahraa resentment speech is directed to an individual. After presenting a background knowledge about resentment and some stylistic devices with analysing some extracts taken from Al-Zahraa’s sermon, some conclusions are reached.