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Volume 6, Issue 7 (3-2015)
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Semiotics of discourse is a new approach in literary criticism. In this approach the processes of signification are, dynamic and multidimensional variants which are manifested through controlling a system called ‘’discourse process’’. in this study ,in order to answer the question that how discourse has revealed the sense of competition as a valuable action during the life of personalities of the story, the process of shaping affective  discourse  in the story of ‘’Kha’lae’’ written by Najib Mahfouz  , holder of literary Noble prize in 1988 ,will be investigated . In fact the purpose of this study is to show the role of affective process in altering the situations of discourse evolution and its effect on the style of passionate subject.  Findings reveal that in the   affective process of story, the occurrence of two incidents in the life of passionate subject will evolved the axiological system of discourse by affecting the believes and altering emotions.

Volume 9, Issue 4 (10-2018)
Abstract

One of the most important and process-based schemas in the field of discourse is the "tensive process". According to this schema, a correlation occurs between the elements of semiotic sign, where meanings fluctuates from their less to the most highlighted forms. "The tensive structure" analyzes discourse on the basis of notions like intensity-extensity relationship in which meanings are formed and values are manifested.
The present article seeks to explain and analyze the Story of the Be'that (Resurrection) of Moses (AS) in Surah Taha via a Semiotic Analysis of the Tensive Model, since this Surah is faced with a live discourse with a wide range of intensive-extensive correlation. In this paper, the authors use a semiotic analysis method, relying on the tensive model to answer these questions: How are new meanings created and valued in the interactive enunciation environment of God and Moses? 2. Based on what tensive model, the discourse process of the Be'that (Resurrection) of Moses (AS) is structured? 3. How does this discursive story act based on the tensive model in the enunciation, and shape the narrative process of discourse?
The results of the present article showed that in the discourse process of the Be'that (Resurrection) of Moses (AS) in Surah Taha, God plays a key role as the enunciator. The narrative process of the Be'that (Resurrection) of Moses (AS) based on the tensive model analysis has three amplification, attenuation, and ascendant tensive model. In the discursive process of this story, the verses (9-11-12-13-17-18-19-21) sharply progress in the direction of joining the God-Moses enunciation space with the ascendant tensive model. The verses (14-15-16-22-23-24) with concurrent discontinuity-continuity form, act in the direction of concurrent amplification in the intensity-extensity correlation. Based on the tensive structure, the two verses 10 and 20 are in parallel with the descendant tensive model and in the direction of discursive discontinuity.
 

Volume 11, Issue 6 (3-2020)
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Ahmad Shamloo, one of the Iranian contemporary poets, has a very short poem with remarkable hidden potentials. At first glance, the brevity and the simplicity of this poem may lead readers to underestimate its true value and the critics to ignore the impact of its analysis. But this article is determined to reveal how this brilliant poet has succeeded to create within few words, a newfound image for a worn and deadened notion which is the fatigue and disappointment.
To prove this claim, first we studied the suggestive role of phonemes, armed by the theories of French linguist and phonetician: Maurice Grammont. And then, by dint of a structural analysis, based on the theories of Roman Jakobnson, the famous Russian linguist, we found out that the parallelism is the key factor of this poem which creates its poles and so the possibility of a circular movement. This movement leads to the idea of an independent whole, which is the ultimate purpose of all artistic and literal productions. The guarantor of this unity is the body of the enunciator. A semiotic analysis helped at last to see how this body provides, with his sensations, the rhythm and the direction of the meaning. Due to its evocable phonemes and its parallel structure, this poem awakens sensations of the enunciator’s body and leads him toward the production of a peerless meaning.
           
1. Introduction
Ahmad Shamloo, one of the Iranian contemporary poets, has a very short poem with remarkable hidden potentials. At first glance, the brevity and the simplicity of this poem may lead readers to underestimate its true value and the critics to ignore the impact of its analysis. But this article is determined to reveal how this brilliant poet, without prolonging, has succeeded to create within few words, a newfound image for a worn and deadened notion which is the fatigue and disappointment.
 
2. Methodology
The present paper consists of three parts. In the first part, we will examine the suggestive role of phonemes and sounds based on the theories of Maurice Grammon. The second part will be devoted to the analysis of poetic structure based on Roman Jakobsen's theories. And in the last part, there will be a semiotic analysis based on theoretical framework of Paris schools of semiotics, focusing on the subject of body and senses. Each of these three sections, separately and finally together, examines and highlights the process of the meaning production in the selected poem.
 
3. Results
Due to its evocable phonemes and its parallel structure, this poem awakens sensations of the reader’s body and leads him forward to reach a peerless meaning. To prove this claim, we did a linguistic-structural analysis of this poem in the first section of the present paper. In this part, we are armed by the theories of the French linguist and phonetician: Maurice Grammont, who has spent several years of his scientific life to study the suggestive role of phonemes and to approve his theories he studied the phonemes of so many languages. He categorizes the phonemes in to different sensational groups and explains the characteristics of each category and evaluates at last how they contribute to the production of the enunciator’s desirable meaning. Examining the suggestive role of repeated sounds (vowels and consonants) of this poem and their combinations, we can see how the poet tries to suggest the feeling of an ecstatic calm, caused by a coldness that has taken over his existence, paralyzed him and stopped him from moving. Choosing words with appropriate phonetic echoes and their effective repetition may be the first trick of any poet to create a lasting work, but more important is the creative arrangement and composition of these words in the body of the poem. As we have learned lots of things from the combination of phonemes and sounds in the heart of a word, a phrase, or a verse, examining other overt and covert relationships between the elements of a structure can also be a great help in better understanding of the meaning and mysteries of this very short poem of Shamloo.
So in the second part of this paper, we based our analysis on the theories of Roman Jakobnson, the famous Russian linguist and the pioneer of structural analysis, in order to verify how much the structure of this poem can influence or fortifies its meaning. According to Jakobson, parallelism is the most important feature of a poetic structure. It is true that the repetition and return of similar phonetic, lexical, and grammatical elements are the first manifestations of a parallel structure, but the parallelism is not limited to repetition and there must be, in any parallel pattern, a coefficient of similarity as well as a coefficient of contrast. Although the parallelism of Shamloo's poem owes much to repetition, it does not rely solely on repetition. Therefore, after analyzing the effect of structural repetitions, we examined the similar and contrasting relationships that play a role especially in the lexical body of the poem, words that seem to be chained together and follow each other. This study permitted us to see that the parallelism in this poem is not only due to the repetition of sounds and words, but also stems more from a kind of similarity and semantic contrast between each of its constituent elements. The notion of the parallelism is the key factor of this poem which creates its poles and so the possibility of a circular movement within the words, phrases and parts of the poem. This movement leads with no doubt to the idea of an independent whole, which is the ultimate purpose of all artistic and literal productions. And the guarantor of this fullness and this unity is with no doubt, the body of the enunciator. This body provides, with his sensations, the rhythm and the direction of the meaning. In fact, the study of the sounds and the structure of the poem made it possible to go beyond and study the role of the senses and emotions in the process of producing the meaning. By examining the sensory-perceptual process of this poem, we found out how the poet's body becomes a place of emotional pressures and a scene of fight against the outside world. This emotional excitement eventually leads to isolation, disconnection and lac of interaction with the world, and so to the inactivity and stillness. Such a state evokes undoubtedly the meaning of nothingness and death. Therefore no matter from which angle we look at this short poem, it is always the repetition of the same bitter message, the same hidden resonance of surrender and death of the poet's soul.
 
4. Conclusion
All the constituent elements of this poem, from its phonemes to its parallel structure and finally the position of the sensory-emotional body of its narrator, each serves in a way to produce and reinforce the same meaning and to explain the poet's relationship with the phenomenological scene he describes. Considering the linguistic study of phonemes and structures, along with the semiotic analysis of the senses, this article has shown that this is actually the opposition between the inside and outside worlds, between I and the other that leads to isolation and inactivity and produces the expression of a semiotic experience of despair, hopelessness and death.
 
 
 
 
Shahrzad Mohammad Hosein, Hoda Shabrang, Razieh Eslamieh,
Volume 31, Issue 4 (11-2024)
Abstract

The precedence of poetry can be traced to ancient times when man first realized that he could combine speech with rhythmicity and musicality to convey and express his inner-most thoughts and passions. The strengths and advantages attributed to poetry are galore; however, few think of employing it as a source for retrieving cultural facts. In the current study, the endeavor of the researcher is to display how poetry can be utilized to extract cultural concepts which are embedded in the mass cultural consciousness of a people by scrutinizing their poetry. The complexity of notions, expressed through poetry, can be revealed one’s verses are deconstructed and the poem is perused scholarly to single out hypograms which are the units carrying the essence of meaning. The inevitable result would be the revelation of different layers of meaning which are convoluted into leitmotifs and only a thorough analysis and meticulous reading can exhibit the relationship between signs, signifier and the signified. As both poetry and cultural studies share the characteristic of being implicit, it is necessary to employ methods which aid clarity and lucidity. A sophisticated analysis requires the use of thick description, a method which cleaves the kernels of thought to display intended meaning and acts as a viable catalyst expediting the process of comprehension through interpretation.


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