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Majid Houshangi, Arefeh Hojjati,
Volume 31, Issue 94 (6-2023)
Abstract
In the period of new criticism and with the formation of new methods of narratology, several patterns emerged in the field of narrative recognition and criticism. In the meantime, Greimas’s model, inspired by Propp’s narratology, and relying on the philosophical principle of contrast, tried to analyze narratives based on the six actants of subject/object (goal), helper/opponent, sender/receiver in a new text analysis system. On the other hand, Suhrawardi, in a pre-textual style, and relying on his philosophical data, used the language of narration and allegory to explain his thoughts in such a way that some of his narrations can be analyzed from the perspective of Greimas. Based on a descriptive-analytical method, this research has analyzed the structure of contrasts in Fi Halat al-Tufulliyah treatise. The results indicated that the structure of this narrative is in a layered and nested form, arisen from the thought characteristic and dominant patterns in Suhrawardi’s mind and the presence of actants in this narrative can perfectly be seen and in some micro-narratives it is in the fluidity of roles. On the other hand, despite the presence of all three action elements in the macro-narrative and micro-narratives, the dominant action element can be considered as a covenant that plays a role in the attractiveness of the narrative compared to that of other Suhrawardi’s treatises. Finally, the object/goal alignment in the macro-narrative and the other four micro-narratives would lead to the prominence of this goal i.e., “reaching peace” in his thought system.
Rahman Makvandi,
Volume 31, Issue 95 (11-2023)
Abstract
Arash the Archer (Ārash-e Kamāngīr in Persian), a narrative poem by the Iranian poet Siavash Kasrai, is one of the favorite poems among those interested in the Persian literature. The poem deals with universally attractive themes such as homeland, heroism, chivalry, and self-sacrifice, the novelty of which is never lost. These features make the poem rich in meaning and constantly make it apt for analysis and writing. In this research, which adopts a descriptive-analytical method, the poem is analyzed by the application of isotopy and the actantial model, concepts introduced by the French semioticain, Greimas. The high frequency of words in the semantic field of light and that of the semantic field of darkness in this poem can indicate the idea that alongside the physical war between Iran and Turan, a clash between light and darkness is also present in the poem. Considering light as a symbol of knowledge and darkness as a symbol of ignorance, from a semio-semantic perspective, this poem represents a clash between knowledge and ignorance on the one hand and light and darkness on the other hand. The results of the research show that in Kasrai’s narrative of the ancient epic of Arash the Archer, Arash is represented as a unique hero who is different from many other famous heroes both in action and character. The findings also indicate that in this poem an ancient myth has been represented in a modern and realistic fashion. In this narrative poem, Arash is represented as a hero whose actions, unlike those of many ancient heroes, are directed not by hubris or wrath, but by reason and wisdom.
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