Islamic Azad University (Central Tehran Branch), Iran
Abstract
Rhetorical figures and tropes are seen in the language and literature of all nations. Each nation uses these techniques more or less based on its people’s attitude and taste. These rhetorical figures, including tropes, are used for clarity, emphasis, variety, and beauty of speech. Familiarization with these figures and tropes is imperative for the accurate understanding of discourse meaning. It is necessary to enjoy the reading of literary texts and inevitable to study them as well. In this article, rhetorical figures and tropes of Persian and German languages and literature with their examples are introduced, accompanying with their equivalent in the other language and literature. Moreover, they are all briefly explained, analyzed, and studied from “rhetoric”, “poetics” and “stylistics” points of view. Although Persian and German rhetoric, both have roots in the rhetoric of ancient Greek language, they are not similar in the manner of classifying figures and tropes.
