Cultural Studies
S.M. Hosseini; E. Farzaneh
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The present paper attempts to shed light on a literary discourse which has been dominant in Iranian literature field since mid-1380's .The case study here is an Iranian poet, Alireza Azar whose poems have been defined through four characteristic features, namely anti-idealism, disappointment toward ...
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The present paper attempts to shed light on a literary discourse which has been dominant in Iranian literature field since mid-1380's .The case study here is an Iranian poet, Alireza Azar whose poems have been defined through four characteristic features, namely anti-idealism, disappointment toward future, individualism, and death-oriented approach to life. Here we examine these features in relation to social and political changes in post-revolutionary Iran. In fact, Azar here serves as an exemplary model through which we can find out the correlations between social changes and the literary discourse. Considering that critical discourse inquires the relation between discourses and social context and goes beyond the historical limits and beliefs, it has been adopted as the method. Although there are different approaches in critical discourse, critical analysis of Norman Fairclough can conveniently explain how a certain notion of the world has been articulated. It understands any conceptual frameworks in its context, and challenges any absolute truths.
M. Tabiee; M. Hashempour Sadeghian; A. Hooshiar
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Global military aggression against the Iraqi regime of land, air and sea to the Islamic Republic of Iran on 31 September 1359, is an important event that its consequences is critical for the present and future generations. One of the consequences of most of wars, including the Iran-Iraq war, is captivity. ...
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Global military aggression against the Iraqi regime of land, air and sea to the Islamic Republic of Iran on 31 September 1359, is an important event that its consequences is critical for the present and future generations. One of the consequences of most of wars, including the Iran-Iraq war, is captivity. This paper aims to evaluate this aspect of eight-year war between Iran and Iraq. This paper from the point of view of women’s experiences and men’s experiences of captivity. In this regard, using qualitative content analysis based on customary approach, two sets of memories of captivity named “I am alive” –Masoume Abad’s captivity memory- and named “wnter narrative”-Hosein Paimardi’s captivity memory- has examined and in this way, extracted concepts, sub-categorise and main categories. This paper’s conclusions show that captivity is defined as resistance and struggle to Iranian captives. But in particular, the experiences of these men and women is divided under 16 sub-categorises and these are defined under 6 main categorises that include: Conflict place, violence, complications, psychological experiences, mechanisms to deal with crisis and hostile policies.
Sayyed Bashir Hosseini; Mokhtar Jafari
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The purpose of this article is to address the communication discourse of Iranian historical – religious TV series based on the decoding of Sunnis and it is determined to analyze the discourse of the most important historical – religious TV series of IRIB directed by Davoud Mirbagheri from ...
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The purpose of this article is to address the communication discourse of Iranian historical – religious TV series based on the decoding of Sunnis and it is determined to analyze the discourse of the most important historical – religious TV series of IRIB directed by Davoud Mirbagheri from the perspective of Sunnis. Through realizing rights of religious minorities of religious TV programs it addresses the two fundamental principles of "unity" and "export of revolution discourse" consistent with "national interest" and adherence to the Constitution. This article aims to answer the question: what are the consequences of non-compliance with these two principles in the production and distribution of historical – religious TV series contents? The methodology of this study is text and hypertext discourse analysis that in the conclusion using inductive scenario building models, it summarizes and provides solution. Case studies of the present study include three works directed by Davoud Mirbagheri i.e. Imam Ali, Ray passenger and Mokhtarnameh historical – religious TV series. The applied theories in the research include use and gratification approach and encoding-decoding model by Stuart Hall. Results of this study support the notion that these series are produced by textual and hyper textual decoding, unhappiness, the absence of media and audience’s self-censorship and thus isolation, negotiation and conflict. Therefore, with emphasis on national identity, development of the series of characters and historical periods agreed by Shiite and Sunnis and developing religious series regardless of denomination and adherence to ethical principles, it is possible take steps to avoid problems.
