Aesthetics of Figures of Speech in John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Divan-e Rudaki e Samarqandi

Ghomlaghi, Fattaneh; Salamat Bavil, Latifeh

doi:4/jshd.2021.121850

Aesthetics of Figures of Speech in John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Divan-e Rudaki e Samarqandi

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

fattaneh Ghomlaghi ¹

Latifeh Salamat Bavil ²

¹ PhD student in Persian Literature, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Iran. (Corresponding Author)

4/jshd.2021.121850

Abstract

In this study we have tried to recognize the relationship between art and literature through analyzing one of the constituent elements of aesthetics which is figures of speech. Studying figures of speech as embellishment of speech, increases the beauty and clearness of the meaning and affects meaningfulness in John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Divan-e Rudaki Samarghandi. It also considers aesthetics as a branch of philosophy which is reflective of sensory communication in these works with the audience and the extent of enjoyment that they are entertained with. This study is done with a descriptive-analytical approach and it investigates John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Divan-e Rudaki Samarghandi. The study indicates samples of figures of speech in these works and represents that both of the poets have not only consciously utilized figurative tools but also the extent and how to utilize these figures in terms of forming the discourse as well as imposition of meaningfulness are vividly shown.

Keywords

Paradise Lost

Divan-e Rudaki

Art

Aesthetics

Figures of Speech