Critical discourse analysis of Shiite in Persian poetry from Rudaki to Ghazāeri

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 semnan University

2 Ph. D student of Persian language and literature, Semnan University, Iran

10.22099/jba.2021.39049.3923

Abstract

Persian poetry has long been a manifestation of Shia discourse. The great events of Shiism history, such as Qadir, Saqife, and Ashura, have each been reflected in their positions in thought and, consequently, in the poetry of poets. The events that befell the successor of the Prophet of Islam confronted Muslims with the phenomenon of internal strife and division in the Islamic Ummah, and acquainted them with questions about the fundamental issues of their first political gathering. This article aims to represent the impact of this discourse on Persian poetry from Rudaki to Ghazāeri and by studying the main sources and analyzing the data. By Examining Persian-speaking poems from Roudaki to Ghazāeri, especially Bondar Razi, Ferdowsi, Kisai and Ghazāeri Razi, based on Norman Fairclough critical method; That means, text analysis, discursive practice and social practice, it became clear that the dominant discourse in the poetry of these poets is the pill of Ahl al-Bayt and Superiority Ali. Rudaki, Daqiqi, Bondar, Kisai, Ferdowsi and Ghazāeri with their poems as a communicative event, not only reflect a part of the social action of their time, but have examined the order of Shia discourse in Persian poetry founding.

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