Discourse strategies of Al-Sayeda Zainab’s (as) Sermon in Yazid’s Palace

Abstract

Undoubtedly  Sermons play a very vital  role as in social aspects , religious ideas , political issues and moral education, etc. The sermon of Al-Sayeda Zainab  (S.A.) in the palace of Yazid is proposed to be  analyzed   in this paper .

    On the  other hand sermon can be both oral and written. They have to address a wide range of hearers by various social and educational levels. The paper is  concerned with   the critical discourse analysis of one of the sermons of Al-Sayeda Zainab, specifically, her sermon in Yazid’s palace in Sham. The sermon to be analyzed in the current study is picked up at random among several texts available on the website. The sermon has been records  by several writers  and  uploaded on the website .The study also presents a theoretical background to the concept of critical

discourse analysis. The study adopts two  models for the analysis, namely, van Dijk's Ideological Square (1998) for the macro-level analysis, and  van Dijk's Ideological Discourse Analysis (1995b) to find out the discursive strategies  which are adopted in the sermon of Al-Sayeda Zainab Peace be upon her.