Contemporary Persian Literature

Contemporary Persian Literature

Irony in conversational postmodern poetry

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
fateme sadat taheri 1
Marzieh Hemmati 2
1 Associate Professor University of Kashan, Kashan. Iran.
2 Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, University of Kashan. Kashan Iran
10.30465/copl.2024.48703.4146
Abstract
The present article studies irony in postmodern poetry. Irony is a rhetorical style and a style of conversation in which a special kind of contradictory and sometimes humorous expression can be seen. conversation in different ways; Such as duality, polyphony, self-reflection and free expression of thoughts are among the characteristics of postmodern poetry; Therefore, irony can be investigated as a conversational style in postmodern poetry; Therefore, the authors try to answer these questions with a descriptive-analytical method based on the text of postmodern poems: ironic method is used in postmodern poetry to explain what themes and which ironic methods are used in these poems and which one is more frequent? Studies show that irony is used in postmodern poetry to express political, social, moral, religious, romantic themes and to express individual feelings, and postmodern poets have used verbal, situational, dramatic, and Socratic types of irony. Among these, the irony technique of the situation, which has created an ironic atmosphere in contemporary poetry dialogue with an unexpected and often surprising expression, has the highest frequency.
Keywords
Irony
Situational Irony
Postmodern Poetry
Conversation
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Contemporary Persian Literature
Volume 15, Issue 1
August 2025
Pages 77-107