Document Type : Research

Authors

• Abbas Ali Ahangar
• Saeid Oveisi Kahkha

University of Sistan and Baluchestan

Abstract

ACritical discourse analysis and especially critical analysis of literary discourse is a new field in linguistic studies. There are many approaches in this field, one of the most important of which is Van Dijk's (2006) socio-cognitive model. The present research is going to describe and analyze “Rostam and Esfandiyar” story based on the ideological strategies proposed in this model and its ideological square orientations. The research method is descriptive-analytical with a comparative approach. Accordingly, first, the text of this story was carefully studied, and the examples containing the ideological strategies in line with the ideological square orientations were identified and extracted. Then, the frequency, the usage percentage and significant rate of each of these strategies in relation to the ideological square sides were assessed via Chi-square test and presented in tables. The research results shows that there is a significant difference in the poet's use of the sides of the ideological square in order to represent the actors in this story, in the way that most of the poet's efforts have been spent on exaggerating the positive things of the “in-group” (Rostam) and then, negative points of the “out-group” (Esfandiyar and Gashtasp). Also, in order to polarize between “in-group” and “out-group, the poet has minimized the negative points of “in-group” and the positive points of “out-group”.

Keywords

• critical discourse analysis
• critical analysis of literary discourse
• socio-cognitive approach
• ideological square
• Rostam and Esfandiyar story

Main Subjects

• Language and linguistics