The Congeries and its Recount: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach

From the beginning of literary studies, rhetorical techniques have been considered a literature grading tools. Although the functions of these aesthetic techniques are defined according to the audience, many techniques were considered as equal to literary techniques without having a true literary value to prove the beauty of the literary work due to the lack of purposeful and accurate explanation of the basics of aesthetics. In the present study, the definitions and different names of the congeries, as one of the main embellishment techniques in literature, were investigated via analyzing them, and other related literary techniques. In identifying the functions of this literary term, its role in traditional embellishment as well as in modern literature, such as criticism and stylistics, has been addressed. This is achieved through formulating the following questions “What literary techniques were mixed with congeries in terms of definition and literary role?”, “What is the relationship between redefining this literary technique and new fields of study, such as linguistics?” and “How can new tasks be assigned to improve the function of congeries through redefining it?” Accordingly, the definitions of congeries were examined from the beginning. Then the techniques that have commonalities with congeries in function and definition were recognized. In addition, the term collocation is also evaluated as a suggestion for completing the meaning, subdivisions, and tasks of congeries.