The Discourse of Silence in the Play "Al-Husayn Thaʾiran" by ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi

"Silence Discourse Analysis" is one of the new linguistic models that utilizes the achievements of various sciences such as phonetics, psychology and sociology of language to analyze the different levels of silence in the context of speech, as well as to study the role of unsaid words and expressions. Mahzouf deals with the formation of the narrative. In the framework of this pattern, silence is said to be the absence of a linguistic element whose absence in the text creates a significant presence; Therefore, in the present research, an attempt is made to study the types of silence in the play "Al-Husayn Thaʾiran" by applying the discourse analysis approach of silence and relying on the descriptive-analytical method, the discourse function of these types in advancing the text, as well as their role in Establishing a relationship between intra-linguistic and extra-linguistic components should be investigated. The results of the research show that in the present play, silence is represented on three structural, semantic and pragmatic levels and has a narrative and social function. Its narrative function is related to creating space, creating knots, characterizing and expanding the story, and its social function implies oriental psychological and political motivations. Discourse silence, through the non-physical and suggestive presence of those linguistic elements that describe the events and crises governing the land of Egypt and other Arab-speaking societies, indicates the correlation of the text with extra-linguistic factors.