Application of Discourse Analysis Method in Family Studies (A Review of Linguistic Strategies in Films, Book of Law, Forever and One Day)

Document Type : Original Research

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1 Ph.D. student of Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
2 Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 Professor of Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
4 Assistant Professor of Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
Abstract
The present tries to study and review the manner the discourse analysis method is being used in family studies. This method especially emphasizes the role of research in the social context. Considering the key role of the family and women and their place in ensuring the prosperity, this sacred institution should be researched upon in this so that we can reveal the structures and processes that are based on ideology and power. However, considering past researches in the field of women and family, a majority of researchers have paid little attention to the social context while investigating those problems. Therefore, it seems a research gap in this field and hence, this article aims to answer to this question: How can family and women's issues be investigated through the discourse analysis method? The influencing factors on this social phenomenon have been written with the aim of determining the type of linguistic strategies in representation, alienation, highlighting, etc. And in the meantime, we will also discuss the evolution of the discourse analysis method. In order to achieve this goal and to understand this matter more easily, we have used the movies Kitab Qanun (Book of Law), Abed and One Day (Forrever and One Day) as examples.

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