Document Type : applied research
Authors
1 Ph.D Candidate of Persian Language and Literature Persian, Hakim Sabzevari University,Sabzevar,Iran
2 Assistant Professor Persian Language and Literature Persian, Hakim Sabzevari University,Sabzevar,Iran.
3 Associated Professor Persian Language and Literature Persian, Hakim Sabzevari University,Sabzevar,Iran.
Abstract
For recognizing the position of a text, the title serves as the gate that leads us to the world of text. The relationship between the title (signifier) and text (signified) is a mutual signification; title should be a natural presentation of the text and the latter should have taken form in accordance to the title. However, sometimes it is not the case due to interference of extra-textual factors; therefore, investigating the principles and patterns governing these implications is one of the objectives of this study. This study analyzes the rhetorics used in titling of the ancient Persian prose and poetic works. In choosing a title, factors like subject, time conditions of production of the text, etc. are involved but the application of aesthetic and rhetorical aspects of title is mostly one of the key concerns of authors. Choosing samples from the rhetorics of the titles, we evaluate them based on a critical perspective to make our ways into hidden rhetorical layers of titles. Moreover, the damages resulted from mere attention to the application of rhetorics in the title neglecting the implicative aspects and its relationship with the text are dealt. We seek to make it clear whether the author has taken advantage of the rehtorics to cultivate the title or the other way round. Studying the titles of two works with different themes (mysticism and history), the relationship between the type of rhetorics used in the title, the content of a text, and frequent rhetorical patterns are investigated.
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