Essays of art in early medieval speeches: On the example of speeches of arab women

This article examines the oldest prose genre-“ khitaaba " (oratorical speech) that existed among the Arabs in the early middle ages and had its own stages of socio-historical evolution. The author of the article notes, that during the period of ignorance among the Arabs, the art of public speech and the ability to use language capabilities were highly developed. In her opinion, in addition to poetry from ancient times, the Arabs also had literary works of a prose nature. And samples of this highly developed prose were samples of oratory-public speech. The author claims that, although they have come down to our days in a smaller volume, this does not mean that the khitaaba among the Arabs does not meet the standards of literary prose. Finally, the author gives examples of so-called “kitaaba”, and confidently analyzes them from the point of view of artistic prose. And at the end of the article, citing the speeches of Arab women speakers proves that the khitaaba in the pre-Islamic period is able to meet the fundamental norms and requirements of literary studies and linguistics.