Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 16، number In Volume 2، May 2023 ، issue Number 84

Discourse stylistics of the story of Asrar al-Towhid based on vocabulary and rhetoric

Vida Aliasgari , Farhad Tahmasabi (Author in Charge), Sara Zirak

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In micro-discourse stylistics, the layers of the text are decomposed and divided into different layers. in order to obtain the dominant discourse and its contribution to the discovery of the ideology of the text, the discourse stylistics of the story of the mysteries of monotheism in two layers of vocabulary and rhetoric has been studied.

METHODOLOGY: This research does by Descriptive-analytical method.

FINDINGS: Asrar al-Towhid is one of the books written in the style of Sufi authorities. Dignity plays a prominent role in this type of literature, and language finds an ideological burden in it; and all its elements are used to empower the position of Sufi elders and serve to reproduce their power.

CONCLUSION: Examination of the layer of words and codes used in the text shows that the mystical discourse formed on the basis of dignity has a dominant discourse and the stylistics of the rhetorical layer confirms that the text, while coherence and rhetoric of the author"s ideology, is the promotion of the sheikh Abu sa’eed and The consolidation of the institution of his power has been affected.

Keyword
Discourse Stylistics , Vocabulary Layer , Rhetoric Layer , Asrar al-Towhid

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