Textual Consistency and Harmony in the Poetry of Dr. Adel bin Khamees Al-Zahrani (Between Tradition and Renewal)

Abstract

The theory of Text Linguistics is one of the most important modern theories associated with linguistic heritage. It bears significant benefits as it starts where traditional grammar ends. The traditional approach used to consider the sentence as the basic unit. However, Text Linguistics moves beyond this by recognizing a larger semantic unit, one that encompasses context and related meanings (both before and after), taking into account the circumstances of the receiver. This approach results in a methodology leading to a complete understanding of texts in terms of reference and intent. Nonetheless, it doesn't deviate from traditional grammar. The grammatical heritage and the concepts and rules it contains are the actual foundation for textual trends and a source for many of its ideas and concepts. This study has achieved crucial textual criteria: consistency and cohesion in its various forms and elements, which are built upon it. The poetic texts in this collection have demonstrated that textual consistency and cohesion, according to Text Linguistics theory, have no bounds. The linguistic depth it possesses does not surrender to the limits of modern theory. It has managed to introduce forms beyond its bounds. Some of these include rhetorical questions, imperative style, and various verb forms referring to the future. Additionally, the study has shown that Arabic grammar has defined the distant reference in the demonstrative pronoun. However, this reference remains challenging for text linguists to specify. The study recommends further research into narrative discourse in the collection since it contains a scholarly material that can complement the series of this study.