Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 17، number In Volume 12، March 2025 ، issue Number 106

Analyzing the cognitive style of the Sovshun novel with the trans-role thinking approach of Halliday's role-oriented theory

Saeid Azizpour (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Role-oriented theory is an approach used to describe and analyze the text. In this approach, three ideological, interpersonal and textual roles are considered for discourse analysis. By examining the structure of the sentence, this approach explains different types of processes and their functions in the sentence, and based on this, the sender presents his experiences, thoughts and perceptions of the events and phenomena of the outside and inside world to the audience. he does. In Halliday"s view, it is assumed that the patterns of experience are represented in language in the form of processes and through thought processes. Therefore, by examining the types of processes in verbs and determining the frequency of their occurrence in the story, one can be aware of the author"s experiences, thoughts, and inner world.

METHODOLOGY: Considering the trans-role approach of thinking and the close connection between mind and language, the present research has investigated the processes used in the Sovshon novel with the method of qualitative content analysis based on Halliday"s role-oriented theory.

FINDINGS: The findings of the research show that Simin Daneshvar has reflected his feminine views in the character of Zari in his novel Suvshon, while describing the socio-political developments of the contemporary era, and has described and narrated events by using material and relational processes. and has been able to show his views about the social situation and the position and role of women.

CONCLUSION: The analysis and analysis of the data show that material processes and secondly relational processes have a very high frequency in Sushon"s novel. In order to present the events of his time more concretely and realistically to the reader, Daneshvar uses verbs that refer to real material events, the high frequency of material processes removes the atmosphere of the story from the intangible state and as a result causes Make the story believable for the reader.

Keyword
role-oriented theory , Farangesh Andishgani , Simin Daneshvar , Suvshun.

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