Journal of Literary Criticism

Journal of Literary Criticism

"Discourse Analysis of 'Women's Identity' in the 'Seventy-One Tales of Bakhtiari Fairy Tales' (Animal-Husbandry, Objectification, etc.) with Emphasis on Ideology Theory"

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D., Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
2 Faculty and full professor of Lorestan University.
10.22034/jlc.2025.496675.1697
Abstract
In recent decades, the study of fictional texts has been linked with discourse analysis, and critics have tried to use this approach to analyze the power relations and ideologies hidden in the text. Discourse analysis as a new trend has played an important role in text analysis. In this method, we deal with the elements of the cultural and social context. In the current research, one of the dominant discourses in the seventy-one Bakhtiari fairy tales in Persian language, the identity of women, is analyzed and investigated using descriptive-analytical method. In this research, by using the theory of discourse analysis, the different aspects of women's identity in Parian Bakhtiari's fairy tales are investigated; Then, according to Propp's theory, the classification of women's personality and different roles is discussed in order to find out their identity. The findings of the research show that issues related to women (polygamy, lack of decision-making in marriage, their worthlessness, men's coercion and rule over women, animal-son-in-law, etc.) are central elements in the discourses of Bakhtiari's stories. These storieomen, and hence can help to gain a deeper understanding of ethnic culture. tep towards promoting gendto social issuer equality and strengthening women's rights. In general, it can be said that the simultaneous evaluation of narrative structure and social content in this research can lead to a more comprehensive understanding of the literature of the Bakhtiari ethnic group and its cultural and social impacts on women's identity.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 27 May 2025

  • Receive Date 29 December 2024
  • Revise Date 11 January 2025
  • Accept Date 04 March 2025