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A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Supplications in Attar’s Mosibatnāma Based on Fairclough’s Model
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Parvin Mortazâei1  , Rahâ Zâreifard2 , Zahra Hosseini *3 |
1- Eqlid Higher Education Center, Fars, Iran
2- Jahrom University, Fars, Iran
3- Jahrom University, Fars, Iran , z.hosseini@jahromu.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (3358 Views) |
Mosibatnāma (book of afflictions) is one of Attar’s most significant masnavi (rhyming couplet) poems in the realm of mystical literature, wherein the poet’s supplications to the Divine have endowed it with a unique charm. The structure of these supplications—with dimensions of fear, intimacy, and reproach—assists the poet in articulating social and ethical ideas. In this study, using a descriptive-analytical method, the discursive dimensions of the supplications in Attar’s Mosibatnāma and the way social and power relations are articulated and interpreted in the text are examined through Fairclough’s model. According to this approach, Attar’s supplications in Mosibatnāma fall into three categories—fearful, intimate, and reproachful—each analyzed at three levels: description, interpretation, and explication. At the descriptive level, lexical features, sentence structures, and grammatical patterns reflect the poet’s social experience and convey the social anxiety and turmoil of Khorasan in the 7th century AH. At the interpretive level, the poet’s focus on describing God’s essential attributes conveys submission of the servant before the Divine, confirming the dominance of Ash’ari determinist thought within the poet’s social environment. At the explicative level, we observe the traces of courtly authority and the poet’s desire to purify the spiritual atmosphere of his era, an atmosphere in which social, religious, and doctrinal chaos have accumulated and materialism and self-interest have flourished. Other findings include the poet’s representation of the society’s governing system alongside his idealistic aspiration for peace and friendship. |
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| Keywords: Attâr, Mosibatnāma, Supplications, Fairclough, Critical Discourse Analysis |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
ادبیات عرفانی
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