The present paper investigates the concept of power in the tragedy of Antigone based on Fairclough's discourse theory with a descriptive analytical method. Linguistic and discourse studies conducted in this field show that power as a dominant discourse has affected the external and internal structure of this tragedy. This analysis, based on the three approaches of description, interpretation and explanation deals with the following: 1. Vocabulary has a hierarchical structure. 2. Most verbs are imperative. 3. In the turn-taking system, the character with the upper-hand, as the ruler, has most of the dialogues. 4. In terms of the tone of the speech, the reprimanding and imperative tone is contrasted with the weak, pleading and complaining tone. At the level of interpretation, the discourse of centralized power has naturalized power by proposing components such as establishing order and security, maintaining the law, and protecting the homeland, and marginalized the micro-discourses and prepared the ground for the consolidation of the macro-discourse of power. At the level of explanation as a social process, factors such as the transition from the old system to the new, the confrontation between the monarchy and democracy, the confrontation between men and women in the patriarchal system, have been the basis for the formation of this tragedy; In fact, the dominant discourse has been able to move the atmosphere toward tragedy by transferring the punishment from a superior person to an inferior one, and in this way shows its effectiveness.
asadi, A. and allahdadi, T. (2023). Examining the concept of power in Sophocles’s play Antigone. Literary Discourse Analysis, 1(2), 1-22. doi: 10.22034/lda.2023.63051
MLA
asadi, A. , and allahdadi, T. . "Examining the concept of power in Sophocles’s play Antigone", Literary Discourse Analysis, 1, 2, 2023, 1-22. doi: 10.22034/lda.2023.63051
HARVARD
asadi, A., allahdadi, T. (2023). 'Examining the concept of power in Sophocles’s play Antigone', Literary Discourse Analysis, 1(2), pp. 1-22. doi: 10.22034/lda.2023.63051
CHICAGO
A. asadi and T. allahdadi, "Examining the concept of power in Sophocles’s play Antigone," Literary Discourse Analysis, 1 2 (2023): 1-22, doi: 10.22034/lda.2023.63051
VANCOUVER
asadi, A., allahdadi, T. Examining the concept of power in Sophocles’s play Antigone. Literary Discourse Analysis, 2023; 1(2): 1-22. doi: 10.22034/lda.2023.63051
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