The rhetorical evaluation of the work called 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa by Ahmed Mustafa el-Merâğî

In this thesis, the rhetorical evaluation of the work called 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa by Ahmed Mustafa el-Merâğî is studied. In first place, Ahmed Mustafa el-Merâğî's life, works, his scholarly personality and rhetoric method are shortly referred, and rhetoric, fluency and the issues connected to these notions are mentioned considering the content of the work 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa. Then, the scholarships of al-Ma'ânî, al-Bayân, and al-Badî', which are the subjects of the work 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa, are systematically analyzed starting with the work by el-Merâğî, and this analysis is conducted by taking the classical and modern works into consideration. This study consists of five parts: the introduction of the first part of 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa, the practice of meaning, the practice of depiction, the practice of aesthetic, and the evaluation of the work. The primary purpose of this study is to read and understand the work 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa as well as to read, to remember the three issues of rhetoric mentioned in the work and to contribute to the scholarship of rhetoric. Key Wors: Rhetoric, Fluency, al-Ma'ânî, al-Bayân, al-Badî', al-Marâğî, 'Ulûmu'l-Belâğa.