Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Zahra Bahreinian ¹
• Sayyedeh Maryam Rozatian ²
• Omid Zakerikish ³
• Masoud Algooneh Jouneghani ⁴

¹ Phd Student in Persian Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

² , Prof in Persian Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

³ Assistant Prof in Persian Language and Literature, University of Isfahan,, Isfahan, Iran

⁴ Associat Prof in Persian Language and Literature, University of Isfahan,, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

The influence of the intellectual and social context of each historical period on the creation of literary works is undeniable. Therefore, studies examining the context of a literary work’s production are of significant importance. Norman Fairclough’s method of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is one such approach that analyzes a work through the broader structures of society, power relations in social interactions, and the production or reproduction of discourses and ideologies emerging from them. The social and intellectual conditions of Iran and Azerbaijan in the sixth century AH (12th century CE), as well as the dynamics of political power, are reflected in Nizami’s Iskandarnameh.This study seeks to answer the following question: What discourses of power from the sixth century are reflected in Nizami’s Iskandarnameh, and how does Nizami engage with these discourses? To this end, a section of Nizami’s Sharafnameh, comprising the correspondence between Darius (Dara) and Alexander (Iskandar), is analyzed using Fairclough’s CDA approach. Examining these two letters through this framework can illuminate the emergence, persistence, opposition, and dissolution of prevalent discourses in the sixth century.

Keywords

• Nizami's Iskandarnameh
• Ideology
• Fairclough
• Critical Discourse Analysis
• power‎

Main Subjects

• متون نظم