Document Type : Original Article
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Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran.
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Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
10.22034/lda.2025.143355.1039
Abstract
This research employs Van Dijk's Critical Discourse Analysis approach to examine the poem "The Eighth Reading" by Mehdi Akhavan-Sales. This work, through the representation of the death of Rostam in a metaphorical context, deconstructs dominant discursive structures and critiques the prevailing power relations and ideologies. Van Dijk’s theoretical framework, with its focus on the interaction between language, social cognition, and the reproduction of dominance, provides the basis for analyzing how dominant discourses and resistance are constructed within this text. The research method is qualitative, based on critical discourse analysis, which investigates the processes of ideological representation and power relations through an examination of linguistic, rhetorical, and semiotic mechanisms. The findings indicate that Akhavan-Sales, utilizing intertextual mythological references, stylistic techniques, and binary oppositions, has created a multi-layered poem in which language functions both as a tool for reproducing and resisting ideological discourses. The characters in the poem, including Rostam, are depicted not merely as narrative elements but as symbols of betrayal and loyalty, challenging structures of dominance. Furthermore, the results show that Akhavan-Sales, by leveraging the discursive potentials, transcends the poem from a mere mythological narrative, transforming it into a critical text with complex ideological implications, prompting the audience to reconsider social order and power relations.
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