Arabic political discourse

Abstract

Political discourse analysis (PDA) is a discipline mainly concerned with the study of political communication in society whether via texts, speeches, images, references, symbols, or other signs. This chapter focuses on Arab political discourse analysis and presents the word 'Arab' to refer to studies that analyze discourses or texts written in Arabic, which is regarded as the official political language in most of the Arab countries. The adjective 'Arab' will be used to refer to the language of the texts studied and not the language of study. The chapter reviews political discourses (PD) studies in the Arab heritage and explores the most important trends in APD in modern and contemporary ages. It offers some predictions related to the future of APD especially in light of the recent radical transformations taking place in the Arab world. The influence of Western literature on Arab culture during the early 20th century led to the deconstruction of prevailing aesthetic conceptions.