The Representation Of Identity Contrast Of “Old Magi” and “Supi” In The Poems Of Hafez On The Basis Of Laclau and Mouffe Discourse Theory and Discourse Semiotic Approach

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Mitra Davoudi ¹ , Mohammad Javad Hejazi ² , Seyed Ali Asghar Soltani ³

1 - PhD Student, Public Linguistics, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Public Linguistics, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty Member, Baqir al-Olum University, Qom, Iran

Received: 2021-12-18 Accepted : 2021-12-18 Published : 2021-12-22

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Abstract :

There are many characters such as Zahed, Sufi, Old Magi and etc, in Hafez poems. The social identity of these chraracters is reppesented in Hafez poems from his point of view. The question of the present study is: what is the social identities of sufi and old magi in Hafez poems and which one of these two characters is foregrounded and is considered as the dominan and accepted character and which one is backgrounded and is considered as non – dominant and rejected one. Theoritical framework is based on Laclau and Mouffe discourse theory and discourse semiotic approach by Soltani (2014). According to the pattern of discourse semiotics approch and by analyzing the value signifiers related to "Old Magi" and "Sufi", and by analyzing their signifieds, it is concluded that the Sufi’s identity is a set of negative attributes and Hafez, via the assignment of these negative signifieds to Sufi, has backgranded the Sufi’s character and has considered him as a negative and non-dominant character. On the other hand, by attributing positive signifies to Old Magi, he has foregrounded the identity of the Old Magi and has considered him as a positive or dominant character.