Poetics and its functions In the book of "The Magic and Poetry" by Lisan Al-Din Ibn Al-Khatib (776 AH
poetics
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the magic and poetry
Lisan Aldin Ibn al-Khatib
This study deals with a prominent critical term - poetics - in critical studies as an area related to uncovering the laws of creative and aesthetic discourses (Preaching)، and the various functions that accompany it in literary texts. So، the study employs the pioneers' works of this theory specially the eastern theorists in making a parallel comparing study of the text book of " the Magic and Poetry” by Al-Lisan Al-Din bin Al-Khatib (776 AH). It displays the utility of the concept of poetics in the referred book pointing to the illumination of various functions that، in turn، reflected the