Shiraz University Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab) 2008-8183 8 2 2016 08 22 The Analysis of Power Relations in Khaghani's Qasida of Tarsa'ie( Ode of Christianity) The Analysis of Power Relations in Khaghani's Qasida of Tarsa'ie( Ode of Christianity) 131 150 3564 10.22099/jba.2016.3564 FA Mohsen Zolfaghari Hojat Karami Journal Article 2014 11 20 The analysis of power relations, mostly influenced by the opinions and ideas of Michel Foucault, takes a given literary text as a site for social interactions, which in general manifests discursive power relations. Critical discourse analysis and Foucault's ideas about power reveal that in "Qasīdah of Tarsāyīah "(Ode of Christianity), Khāghānī has used his extensive knowledge of both Christianity and the various power relations in the social institutions of his time in order to produce a discourse, which deliberately challenges the religious, literary and political aspects of the dominant discourse of his time. The poet uses discourse as an instrument and a strategy to fight against the workings of power connected to a specific system of knowledge, relegating individuals into submission (<em>assujettissement</em> in Foucault terminology). Thereby, he seeks to demonstrate his scientific and literary superiority over rivals on the one hand and make the ruling political system accept his demand of freedom on the other. <strong>Keywords:</strong> power relations, knowledge and truth, Qasīdah of Tarsāyīah, discourse, strategies of resistance, Christian faith. The analysis of power relations, mostly influenced by the opinions and ideas of Michel Foucault, takes a given literary text as a site for social interactions, which in general manifests discursive power relations. Critical discourse analysis and Foucault's ideas about power reveal that in "Qasīdah of Tarsāyīah "(Ode of Christianity), Khāghānī has used his extensive knowledge of both Christianity and the various power relations in the social institutions of his time in order to produce a discourse, which deliberately challenges the religious, literary and political aspects of the dominant discourse of his time. The poet uses discourse as an instrument and a strategy to fight against the workings of power connected to a specific system of knowledge, relegating individuals into submission (<em>assujettissement</em> in Foucault terminology). Thereby, he seeks to demonstrate his scientific and literary superiority over rivals on the one hand and make the ruling political system accept his demand of freedom on the other. <strong>Keywords:</strong> power relations, knowledge and truth, Qasīdah of Tarsāyīah, discourse, strategies of resistance, Christian faith. https://jba.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3564_c19c14eb224bd5ba81f973472abb68d6.pdf