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Head of Research & Education Office in Advanced Research Institute of Arts (ARIA), affiliated with Academy of Art
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Associate professor in philosophy department of University of Isfahan
Abstract
Word-image studies are one of the new areas of study that has attracted the attention of academics. Among the commonly used terms in this field is the term "ekphrasis". This term is mainly understood as a verbal description of a visual representation. But such an understanding does not accord with the classical meanings of this term. In order to get a better understanding of the meaning of "ekphrasis", it is important to investigate its philosophical-rhetorical background term known as enargeia. Enargeia means to describe and put before the eyes of the audience. While analyzing the rhetorical term of enargeia and comparing it with its affiliated concept of energeia, this paper would focus on Plato's discussion in this area to illustrate the philosophical significance of the term and extract its classical records as well. As a result, we will consider that the philosophical implications of the concepts that are used in the new fields of research, such as that of word-image studies, are of utmost importance without which it would not be possible to advance the new studies appropriately.
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Parvanehpour, M., & Binayemotlagh, S. (2019). The Distinction between the Philosophical-Rhetorical Meanings of the two terms Enargeia and Energeia and its Importance for Word-Image Studies. Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 11(2), 23-44.
MLA
Majid Parvanehpour; Said Binayemotlagh. "The Distinction between the Philosophical-Rhetorical Meanings of the two terms Enargeia and Energeia and its Importance for Word-Image Studies", Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 11, 2, 2019, 23-44.
HARVARD
Parvanehpour, M., Binayemotlagh, S. (2019). 'The Distinction between the Philosophical-Rhetorical Meanings of the two terms Enargeia and Energeia and its Importance for Word-Image Studies', Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 11(2), pp. 23-44.
VANCOUVER
Parvanehpour, M., Binayemotlagh, S. The Distinction between the Philosophical-Rhetorical Meanings of the two terms Enargeia and Energeia and its Importance for Word-Image Studies. Shinakht (A Persian Word Means Knowledge), 2019; 11(2): 23-44.
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