Semnan University Press Journal Of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies 2008-9570 13 30 2023 01 21 The role of Irony in "Sheikh San’ān" The role of Irony in "Sheikh San’ān" 63 92 6942 10.22075/jlrs.2022.25864.2034 FA Mohammad Hasan Hasanzadeh Niri Allameh Tabataba'i University Aliyeh Vesal Sharifloo Allameh tabataba'i of University Journal Article 2022 01 10 One of the main features of literary texts is its openness to hermeneutics and equivocality, which is the result of using figurative language or literal devices. One of these literary devices is irony, a kind of bilateral or sometimes multilateral statement, which best serves to surprise the reader. In ironical utterance, there is some sort of ambiguity and contradiction in meaning which reinforce proliferation and paradoxicality. In other words, irony is a useful literary device for the writer or poet to show a reality behind apparent behavior and utterance of the characters to the intelligent reader. Irony as a literary device, irony is observed in the works of Attār and particularly in his well-known Manteq al-tayr [The Conference of the Birds]. By the use of irony, the writer succeeds in bestowing a mystic atmosphere to the story. Attār uses rhetoric in general and irony in particular both to express his complex mystic experiences and give a sense of fulfillment to the readers. The present research has endeavored to explore role of irony in the narrative development of “Sheikh San’ān” through a qualitative descriptive- analytical method. One of the main features of literary texts is its openness to hermeneutics and equivocality, which is the result of using figurative language or literal devices. One of these literary devices is irony, a kind of bilateral or sometimes multilateral statement, which best serves to surprise the reader. In ironical utterance, there is some sort of ambiguity and contradiction in meaning which reinforce proliferation and paradoxicality. In other words, irony is a useful literary device for the writer or poet to show a reality behind apparent behavior and utterance of the characters to the intelligent reader. Irony as a literary device, irony is observed in the works of Attār and particularly in his well-known Manteq al-tayr [The Conference of the Birds]. By the use of irony, the writer succeeds in bestowing a mystic atmosphere to the story. Attār uses rhetoric in general and irony in particular both to express his complex mystic experiences and give a sense of fulfillment to the readers. The present research has endeavored to explore role of irony in the narrative development of “Sheikh San’ān” through a qualitative descriptive- analytical method.

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