Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 6، September 2025 ، issue Number 112

Analysis of the novel "Symphony of the Dead" based on Fairclough's critical discourse analysis method

Mehrnoosh Mansoori Maimandi (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: After the independence of language from other sciences such as literature, and the formation of a new science called linguistics, the analysis of different forms of language use in various fields of humanities also took on special importance. On the other hand, the school of Marxism, which was a harbinger of building an equal society, overshadowed the thoughts of most humanities thinkers in the twentieth century. The combination of linguistics and Marxism created critical linguistics, which in a broader sense is called critical discourse analysis and speaks of the mutual relationship between language, domination, ideology and society. By inventing this method of discourse analysis, Fairclough tried to explain the relationship between the sides of this square as precisely as possible. The present study attempts to answer the question of what relationship each of these sides has with the other in the novel Symphony of the Dead and how the combination of these relationships advances the narrative.

METHODOLOGY: This research was conducted based on descriptive-analytical method and its data was provided based on library studies.

FINDINGS: In the novel "Symphony of the Dead", there are discourses as a macro-narrative and discourses as a micro-narrative or minority, all of which influence and are influenced by each other. Language as a tool for interpreting ideology and communicating discourses can shape the type of relationships between them in different ways.

CONCLUSION: The results of this research show that language can be the main axis reflecting both domination, ideology and multiple discourses of society and as a joint connecting these three sides. Also, in this novel, the author has been able to reflect domination in the story by using linguistic tools such as choosing appropriate words and names, using similes and metaphors appropriately, and using appropriate forms and tenses of verbs. He has defined this issue as the ideology being criticized, and has drawn its critical discourse from within the same society, and has explained the relationships between them in the context of society.

Keyword
Abbas Maroufi , Symphony of the Dead , Critical Discourse , Fairclough

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