Sadegh Hashemi Amjad , Mehdi Khorrami Sarhouzaki, Hassan Majidi, Seyed Mehdi Nouri Kizghani ,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (11-2023)
Algirdas Julien Greimas is famous for developing the Actantial Model, a narrative strategy that addresses characters’ actions and behaviors. Action determines the form and type of events and phenomena including animate creatures, objects, animals, an idea, and everything that exerts influence on the world of the narrative text. The Actantial Model has six components: The subject, an object, The sender, the receiver, a helper, and an opponent. These six actants form three axes of description: The axis of desire, The axis of power, and the axis of transmission. This study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to examine the textual richness of Al-Hariri’s Samarqandiya Maqamat which has attracted numerous readers. The Actantial Model is applied to Samarqandiya Maqamat based on the dual relationships between the six components, each of which plays more than one role in their relationships.
