Pun and the Discourse of Authorship

(Althakheerah for Ibn Bassam as a Case Study)

Abstract

The research studies the pun as a technique of expression and authorship, and how did the pun enable the author to compose a book that includes two discourses, one of which is punned / apparent nearby, tempting the immediate ruling authority, and hidden speech / far in which he expresses his vision and says what he cannot reveal. According to this vision, the research discusses Ibn Bassam's authorship discourse in his book (Al-Dhakhirah fi the Mahasin Ahl Aljazeerah ), through a new reading that attempts to prove that Ibn Bassam in his book presented a rhetorical pun in order to document the past era (the kings of the sects) that was excluded by the ruling authority. (Almurabiteen), especially the family of Al-Abad, the rulers of Seville.

The author, while living under the authority of the Almurabiten , presented a book documenting the men of the fifth century, including the rulers of Seville, in a way that the researcher believes is evasive.

The research depends on  (Al Abbad family ) as a case study  to prove the correctness of reading.

The researcher, while benefiting in his research from the techniques of discourse analysis, he did not claim that the author adopt his research results  , as much as he confirms that what he has reached are the results of a reading that he sought to be new for the valuable book (Al-Dhakhirah fi the Mahasin Ahl Aljazeerah).