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- کد IranDOI مقاله: IranDOI :10.irandoi.2002/bahareadab.2026 .19 .8133
volume Number : 19
number In Volume : 2
issue Number : 120
Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 19،
number In Volume 2،
،
issue Number 120
Discourse Stylistics of Rumi's "Neynameh": An Analysis of the Process of Meaning Production Based on Greimas' Semiotic Approach
Shahla Yaghoobi (Author in Charge), Samireh Hemmati
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Discourse stylistics, by analyzing the underlying layers of a text, identifies style-forming features. The present study aims to explain the stylistic features of Rumi"s "Song of the Reed" (Ney-nameh) by examining this work based on Greimas" actantial semiotic approach. The main question is: what are the style-forming features of Rumi"s mystical discourse in the "Song of the Reed," and how does Greimas" model help to explain them?
METHODOLOGY: This research is a qualitative and descriptive study conducted using a library method. The scope and corpus under study are the first ten couplets of Rumi"s "Song of the Reed" from the Masnavi-ye Ma"navi. The data have been analyzed and examined based on Greimas" actantial approach.
FINDINGS: The findings reveal three levels of stylistic features: First, at the linguistic and literary level, the "reed" (ney), with its symbolic persona and through personification and consonance (tale/complaint), transforms from an object into a perceiving subject. Second, at the discursive level, the actants—the narrator (the reed), the receiver (the seeker/salek), and the value-object (union)—enter into an intimate interactive discourse, which is a characteristic of Rumi"s mystical style. Third, at the intellectual level, the contrast and tension between lack (separation) and the acquisition of the value-object (union) create an interpretable and multi-layered style that leads to the audience"s participation in meaning-making.
CONCLUSION: Upon completing this research, it becomes clear that Greimas" actantial approach is an effective tool for revealing the stylistic layers of the "Song of the Reed."
Keyword
Keywords: Discourse Stylistics
, Greimasian Semiotics
, Rumi's "Song of the Reed" (Ney-nameh)
, Style- forming Features
, Mystical Discourse
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