Dr. Ali Asvadi, Soudabeh Mozafari, Mahrokh Gohar Rostami,
Volume 2, Issue 1 (Fall and winter 2021)
Abstract
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a significant sub-discipline of Discourse Analysis. This approach takes its lead from the philosophical ideas propounded by Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, and Karl Marx. Norman Fairclough, an eminent theorist of CDA, attempts to link linguistic features to social issues so that linguists find it necessary to engage with social problems. According to Fairclough, discourse analysis can be performed at three levels: description, explanation, and interpretation. In the holy Quran and Surahs like “Hojarat”, there are abundant conceptual signs which are used to modify social norms. The interpretation level in CDA deals with the relationship between dominant social discourse with different social discourses. Drawing on the description and explanation levels of CDA, this study attempt to develop a critical framework to analyze social discourses in “Hojarat” Surah. It is proposed that the narrative discourse at the education axis in “Hojarat” Surah is in line with social discourses which seek to define Islamic value system
Ali Asvadi, Abdollah Hoseini, Zahra Asadollahi,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (4-2025)
Abstract
The postcolonial discourse addresses the domination of foreigners over Asian and African countries and illustrate how the west colonized and impressed them. One of the most outstanding theorists of postcolonial criticism is Edward Said, who Orientalism addresses differences between East and West and particularly how the latter portrays the former. It holds a particular point in postcolonial studies as it discloses how the west imposes unrealistic images on the east. Natalia Rashid is one of the contemporary Egyptian writer who refers to Gamal Abdel Nasser who described the history of Egypt during British colonialism, in Hakait Kieffah an Decolonisation. This study examines Hakait Kieffah an Decolonisation based on Edward Said’s ideas. It particularly studies the role of disloyalty in the establishment of colonialism and the despicable view of British colonialism of Egyptian people. The disloyalty of Egyptians is directly related to the colonization of their country, and its people always lived in terror caused by colonization and were forced to migrate from their homeland.
