From Semiology, Deviation of Norms and Imagery to Poetic Language: Criticism of Ideas and Viewpoints

In today literary criticism, the elements that change the automatic language into poetic language have been discussed from the points of view of semiology, deviation of norms and imagery. An interesting thing is that the three mentioned viewpoints have come to one conclusion; that is, automatic language in poetry and literature deviates from its normal everyday function. But, with regard to details and terminologies, there are some differences in these three theories. In this article, it is tried to study the three viewpoints on the basis of their preciseness in explaining this topic and, finally, a comprehensive viewpoint about the conditions of transforming automatic language to poetic language is proposed.