خلاصة:
Climax is one of the topics that appear both in English rhetoric and in the plot of the story. In the present article, it has been adapted the rhetorical aspect of this array to one of the forgotten arrays in Persian rhetoric called "Ertefa: height" (or "Ertegha"). Considering the evidence for these two arrays and their naming, the result of this research suggests the similarity of these two. Also, considering that the “Bathos” and “Anti- Climax” are against Climax, in English rhetoric, in the other part of this article, evidence of Persian texts titled "Ehbat" is presented and analyzed using the method of analysis which is exactly the same as the English rhetoric in them, although not mentioned in the past rhetoric under a particular title.
ملخص الجهاز:
A Comparative Study of "Climax" in English Rhetoric and "Ertefa" in Persian Rhetoric Yaser Dalvand PhD in Persian Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran (Received: 2017/07/07; Accepted: 2019/01/05) Abstract Climax is a topic that has appeared in both English rhetoric and story plots.
Since in English rhetoric, the devices Bathos and Anti-Climax stand in opposition to Climax, in another section of this article, through an analytical method, evidence from Persian texts titled "Ehbat" is presented and examined, which exactly manifest the same concepts of English rhetoric, although they have not been studied under a specific title in past rhetorical books.
Anyway, in the present essay, we have addressed a comparative study of Climax in English rhetoric and one of the forgotten Persian devices titled "ertefa" or "erteqa" (elevation).
Therefore, in our discussion, Anti-Climax and Bathos are also placed in opposition to Climax, which, although not mentioned under a specific title in Persian rhetoric, has examples in Persian literature that have been examined in another section of the article.
2. Literature Review In the book Hesht Sohrab, the author has briefly referred to the devices of ertefa and ehbat at the end of a section of Sepehri's poems (see; Tabrizi, 1389: 24-25), but has not addressed the topics mentioned in the present article.
In books related to fiction writing and literary studies, Climax is often addressed in terms of story plot rather than in rhetoric (see; Safavi, 1395: 102; Payandeh, 1393: 326 and Dad, 1392: 494).
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