Persian Literature

Delineation of Didactic Discourse System in Several Persian Narrative Texts

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Fazlollah Khodadadi

Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin

https://doi.org/10.22059/jpl.2023.346443.2082
Abstract
Since a long time, one of the basic pillars of the narrative literature of Persian verse has been its didactic and moral pillar. So that most of the narrative texts of our poems have a didactic tone. When we talk about didactic literature in verse, it means that one "I" conveys an idea to another in the form of a narrative text, and in the narrative literature of verse, it is the "story" that is the container of this container. This introduction shows a general structure of narrative literature, which is drawn based on the general mission and moral message hidden in these works, but the deep structure of these narratives, which includes the discourse that governs them and has multiple narrative aspects, is due to the existence of a methodical process. It informs in a context-oriented, artistic and creative manner. The texts of Persian narrative-didactic poems play an important role in our lives with the help of stories.On the surface, it may seem that there is no difference in the narrative structure of Persian narrative texts that have an educational motive, and the claim of the creators of these works was to create a narrative text with the intention of conveying a moral message to the audience. These works show that the process of producing meaning in each of these works is based on discourse patterns and unique structural systems; So that each text has a distinct discourse system. Also, the function of the story as a container in these works has many aspects, which can only be achieved by studying the deep structure of the discourse. Accordingly, in the present research, we intend to explain the structural system of several of these works by going through the structure of poetic narratives, so that at the end of the research, we will witness the drawing of the discourse system in each of these works. The results of the current research, which have been provided in a descriptive-analytical way, show that four types of discourse systems: "a system of stepwise development of a message with a high frequency emphasis on a theme", "narrative Chinese introduction and distributive expression of a message", "message development with a tone" There is an address to the motive of persuading the audience" and "Ethical Discourse System of Davarani - Parateti" in Persian didactic texts.

Keywords

Discourse
Structural System
Depth of Structure
Message
Audience
Subjects
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