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Fatemeh Mahmoudi,
Volume 5, Issue 17 (5-2012)
Abstract

This paper tends to investigate discourse, power, and language in Behrangi’s “Olduz va kalagh-ha”[1] and “Olduz va aroosak-e sokhangoo”[2] under the light of Foucauldian new historicism to demonstrate that multiple discourses of the selected texts are inseparable from the political, social, literary, and cultural discourses of Behrangi’s era. The study also illustrates how Behrangi has portrayed the mutual relations between language and power by the use of objects and animal characters in his stories. As soon as language threatens power (stepmother), it is doomed to silence.
[1] “Olduz and Crows” [2] “Olduz and the Talking Doll”
S. Tawossi,
Volume 6, Issue 21 (3-2013)
Abstract

It is generally acknowledged that Sadegh Hedayat was an intellectual who dedicated his life to fighting against the dictatorship of Pahlavi. According to many biographies written about him, he, belonging to a royal family though, because of his love to the freedom of human being was against Pahlavi dynasty. This article tries to introduce an idea thoroughly opposite to that generally-accepted one. After analyzing his Blind Owl from the view-point of Michael Foucault’ theory of power, especially “panopticism”, the article comes to the conclusion at the end that Hedayat, because of being influenced by the dominant discourses of the era, of which the most widespread one was nationalism, has worked at the service of the dictatorship of Pahlavi. In order to reach to this goal, the research in hand, first of all, defines the theory of power in Faocoult's works and then follows this theory in the works of the followers of Faucoult, those who have tried to practice this theory in Eropean novels. in the second part, the article investigates the principles of this theory in Hedayat's the Blind Owl.
, Adineh Khojastehpour,
Volume 6, Issue 22 (9-2013)
Abstract

Clarifying New Historicism through a Critical Look at the Papers Applying the Approach in Iran As an approach to the relationship between literature and history, new historicism has been highly received in Iranian academia. This reception was concomitant with some misunderstandings. A part of these misunderstandings is the result of the elusive nature of the approach. Moreover, lack of theoretical works in Iran has led to serious problems. Even though this approach is not a very recent one, it is a novelty in Iran. One of the reasons behind this novelty is lack of sufficient theoretical source in the field. A glance on the practice of new historicism reveals the interest in the field along with the lack of sufficient theoretical source has led to some misunderstanding. The present paper tries to correct some of the misunderstandings surrounding this approach. Keywords: New Historicism, History, Literature, Pathology, Power, Discourse, Greenblatt, Foucault.

Volume 8, Issue 1 (3-2020)
Abstract

New historicism refers to an approach that does not accept history as the historians convey. This approach mostly is based on the ideas of the American professor, Stephen Greenblatt, in the eighties of the twentieth century. According to Greenblatt, new historicism presents a new reading of the text, not a school of criticism. New historicism investigates the multilateral relations of the literary works with other texts including the historical ones to clarify their inter-textual and extra-textual aspects. New historicism inspects the relations of power and cultural, social, and ideological constructs. From the new historicist point of view, there is no difference between literary and non-literary texts. The present paper attempts to examine The Silence of the Sea to reveal the author’s and the history’s influence in creating the literary work. With the help of Greenblatt and Foucault views, inter-textual factors such as power relations as the main context are studied in the paper as well.
 
 

Volume 9, Issue 38 (3-2013)
Abstract

Keikhosrow's story is one of the significant narratives in Iranian
mythology. This analysis can demonstrate clear image of the concept
of "identity" and the "power" in the aspect of its material and spiritual
and mythological/ religious cultures of ancient Iran. This image
reflected in the process of intellectual and ideological Islamic period,
As well as present in terms of mythological and cultural icon in
Iranian narratives. Shahnameh is the best plan to achieve the semantic
cultural geography.
In this article, with such motivation and importance of
Keikhosrow’sbig battle,I make use the approach of discourse analysis
to examine the layers of story and discourse semantic systems. In the
first section of the article, I briefly review power / truth form on
Keikhosrow’s story. Next, I examine some of the issues in discourse
with three sections (determined conflict space, semantic conflict,
determined times and place).Finally, I closely examine the results of
discourse analysis focusing on the Keikhosrow’s big battle.
Maryam Narimi, Asghar Fahimi Far, Ebrahim Khodayar,
Volume 12, Issue 47 (11-2019)
Abstract

Any discourse constitutes of several propositions and discursive formations that are created by focusing on the political, cultural and social conditions of each era. During the rule of Fath- Ali Shah Qajar (1772- 1834), the dominate literary review discourse; which is considered the very traditional discourse, was formed based o the perception system that was governing an era in which, the royal court was recognized as the producing institute of the mentioned discourse. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the literary discourse of return in images specific to Fath Ali Shah Qajar with regard to the political, social, epistemic contexts and the system of knowledge or spirit of the time.
If we admit that until then, Iranian painting and Persian literature have been more or less intertwined; it must be said that as the literary discourse of this period was formed, visual norms in FathAli Shah’s portraits also changed and new features emerged that were not unprecedented in past centuries. In the present study, the authors have attempted to examine how literary discourse led to the formation and influence of king's icons in court, based on Michel Foucault's theory of discourse as a methodological model and an interdisciplinary approach.Studies show that during this period poetry and poetic descriptions continued to be a source of inspiration for painters.Therefore the images of the King became more unrealistic and his aura of holiness grew larger. The king's body also became more intangible and metaphorical.

Volume 25, Issue 3 (10-2021)
Abstract

Introduction
Space is a social and consequently a political thing, and apart from worldview, ideology and discourse, it cannot be formed and developed, and the ideological framework of the formation forms the ruling policies, which are crystallized in the form of governing discourse. Each of the new forms of government and new patterns of political power introduces its own methods for dividing space, discourse, objects, and people living in space, and how it is used to change over time and use space to give economic and political strategies required for the exercise of power and discourse processes. In Iran, in the last hundred years, with the coming to power of Reza Khan in 1925, the central discourse of the Pahlavi government with the supremacy of the absolute Pahlavi discourse, and by articulating the signs of this discourse with hegemony and domination, represented space and created reasonable spaces. For the first time in history, it emerged as a dominant discourse in the society.
 Methodology
The present study seeks to provide a dialectical analysis of the process of space production in Tehran by identifying the dominant discourses in the period 1925-1941. Hence, it falls into the category of "fundamental" research. On the other hand, the executive path of research is "analytical-exploratory".
 Results and Discussion
The most important dominant discourse in Iran in the twentieth century was formed based on the Pahlavi Absolute Discourse of a complex set of diverse disciplines including the theory of Persian monarchy, traditional patrimonialism, the discourse of development and development in the style of Western modernism, legalism and the people. The discourse emphasized authoritarianism, reform from above, modernist rationality, Iranian nationalism, political centralism, cultural modernism, secularism, and industrial development. The absolutist state that emerged in the light of this discourse sought to move Iranian society and economy from a traditional, pre-capitalist formulation, and do major harm to Groups and culture introduced traditional society with its rationalist, authoritarian, and normative character.
The purpose and scope of Reza Shah's policies were, in practice, cities and urban social classes. On one hand, there were observed development measures and activities to modernize the country in cities, such as the demolition of old neighborhoods and the construction of new streets, and on the other hand, the expansion of government bureaucracy caused a mean for the central government to dominate on people's daily activities. During these years, the most noticeable changes took place in Tehran. The enactment of the Municipal Law in 1309 provided a suitable vehicle for heavy interventions in the old urban fabric; the law of widening and developing the streets and alleys in 1933, the first echo of Hussman urban planning and as a symbol of modernity were revealed. Two cruciform streets tear apart the old fabric of the city, crucifying the old city and separating the elements of urban spaces. The street is considered as a powerful tool in the city and becomes a dominant element that no element can deal with it compared to previous periods.
The discourse of absolute Pahlavi modernism in the form of spatial representation has created a city with a body, image, face and structure different from Tehran's past. In other words, the Pahlavi discourse has represented new spaces through hegemony and domination. Some of the social changes in Tehran in this period that distinguish it from previous periods are social and cultural changes including improving education, building a university, rejecting the hijab, reviving the Persian language by the language of academy, and immigration.
Rural and urban population growth, expansion of government offices and the formation of a new administrative class ; Economic and infrastructural changes, urban planning and architecture, including Tehran city development plan, implementation of Baladieh law, establishment of Bank Melli Iran, construction of Mehrabad airport, emergence of new urban activities and functions, construction of cruciform streets, squares, bazaar  ; Political changes include the emergence of a new bureaucracy, the consolidation of central government power, the formation of a modern army, the concentration of state affairs in the capital, the establishment of new urban divisions, relations with European countries, and their role in governance.
Totalitarian modernism, in order to achieve its enlightened menus, has to consolidate the bureaucratic system. State cities that are already in a semi-independent relationship with the center can only be the executor of the Cairo government bureaucracy in their new affiliate relationship. Following the Pahlavi bureaucratic approach, the city was given priority both as a physical manifestation of the current thinking of the time and as a platform for the forthcoming developments for organizing. Any urban regulation will inevitably lead to a cessation of organ development. On the other hand, with the seriousness of the issue of private property, the necessity of developing a new urban system became more apparent.
Conclusion
The urban plans of the 1930s clearly show how the relationship between the inhabitant and the resident and the relationship between the city and society sought an instrumental relationship, and for this reason, this relationship and through it, development was considered as an external matter and with no worries, they have made a historical break by discarding previous social, economic, and cultural formations.
Without worrying that man achieves being through habitation. The result is not only the physical disintegration of the city, but also the disintegration of the socio-cultural organization. Henceforth, the city is the place of crystallization of socio-cultural and physical-spatial distinctions that arise due to the demand for capital and the mercantile circulation of goods and capital, and through the indiscriminate occupation of land as the main element of trade in opposition to biological methods. It even offers its own climatic conditions.


Volume 31, Issue 4 (6-2025)
Abstract

Foucault believes that power is a set of network of relationships through which it is implemented on people and the power relationship is necessary for life so that it does not fall apart. The power of the entire society has expanded due to the necessity of its presence in social relations. Power is not always negative, and has positive aspects for the growth and prosperity of society.
The novel "Shifa; "The Small Century Manuscript" is science fiction novel that presents the novel, media, modern inventions and power tools in distorting the truth to control humanity. This article, novel "Shifa; "The Manuscript of Little Century" with the analytical descriptive method and Foucault's theory, together with the fictional elements and linguistic styles according to the belief of postmodernists in the multiplicity of meanings, related to power, to point out that the politicians in this novel through technology And the media falsifies the truth to create a hyper-reality that is more real than the original reality to deceive the people by playing with their minds in order to create viruses, diseases and wars on people through it, after taking their critical thinking and all their assets as a means of generating people's power and positioning them as passive and pure consumers, to rule, and also sell their manufactured drugs and weapons to gain capital as a means of power. Knowledge, technology, language, discourse, medicine, prison, espionage, sex, capitalism, currency, government, religion and university are the tools of power in the hands of politicians.

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