Document Type : applied research
Authors
1 Allameh Tabataba’i University
2 allameh tabataba`i university
Abstract
One of the literary techniques that has been the subject of much controversy regarding its definition, designation, typology, and functions is eltefaat (~ apostrophe), a technique that, considering Persian verse and prose and text-specific apostrophes, requires revision, redefinition, and illustration of its functions. We studied and investigated a large number of Persian poems and concluded that apostrophe is not limited to a rhetoric device, but rather has a semio-semantic function in the classification and analysis of literary texts, i.e. it is both a key element in interpreting literary texts, and a semantic criteria and distinguishing factor in classifying literary types. Through comparing the concept of ‘movement’ with that of ‘apostrophe’, we also take this technique to include any change and movement that occurs in the syntagmatic and paradigmatic axes of literary text. Other findings of the present research include categorizing apostrophe under one of the topics in semantics, namely fasl va vasl (separation and conjunction), as well listing new functions of apostrophe including interpretive, discoursal, symbolic, cohesive, and dialogic functions.
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