Exploring Metaphors: Between the Rhetorical Constant and the Linguistic Textual Variable

Al-Antariyah by the Algerian Poet Issa Lahilah as a Case Study

Abstract

This article offers an analysis of metaphors in the Algerian poet Issa Lahilah's Al-Antariyah,using two perspectives: traditional rhetorical approaches and textual linguistic approaches, to achieve a more objective analysis, free from the constraints of old rhetorical norms. To reach this objective, the study seeks to answer the following questions: How objective is the traditional Arabic rhetorical approach to metaphors at the sentence level, considering the approach offered by textual linguistics, which aligns more closely with the text/discourse level? Can we rely solely on the linguistic approach to understand metaphors in the text? And does the corpus align with this approach?