Jahiz. the Arabian potent writer, was born in 160(A.H) in Basra and died in 255(A.H.) after years of academic work and creating literary master pieces. His great works of literature, Le Albayan-wa-Altabyeen', 'Albokhla', , Alhaywan', and several other epistles manifest the Arabic literature during the Abasside period.
Satiric literature and Jahiz
Criticism has always been a distinguished say to express
problems and follies and to attempt to eradicate them. One
way of censuring is to make use of satire. The satirist's goal is not to devalue or to dehumanize anyone but to put forward different constructive ideas in attempting to reform social abberation.
Jahiz has not been neglectful of this very important fact and attempts to censure social follies and vices by using
satire.
Being a pioneer in the science of rhetoric and eloquence, he was aware that language should comply with status and situation. He spoke of deranging factors in eloquent speech.
By using satiric literature, he intended to correct literary works both in speech and in writing. His writing style was very much influenced by his gay nature. In his books' Alheywan', and Albokhla', he elegantly, attempts to examine rhetoric and its disturbing factors. Jahiz was the first satirist who tried to compile satiric works. Scholars like,"Ibn Ghotaiba' in the book'Oyoon-al-akhbar' and' Ibn-e-Abd-e-Rabbah-e-Andolosi' in the book' Alaghd-alFarid' followed Jahiz' work after his death. In this article, there are several examples from his satiric work to introduce his literarure. In the end, some of his scattered verses have been compiled under the title' Dispraising satire'. Each of these verses censures social follies in Jahiz's time, although his criticisms are mixed with satire and dispraise. Some of these verses are also politically significant, and, together with his satiric prose, make up a unique style.
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