Abstract:
The following research examines the representation of identity in the Persian play Parvin, Sasan’s Daughter, written by Sadegh Hedayat. The purpose of this research is to identify and investigate the role of language in representing identity in Persian historical plays and to provide a linguistic perspective on the issue of identity in the writing of Persian plays and scripts. The work under study was selected based on its depiction of a specific historical period, when the Iranian identit`y was threatened with extinction. This work was analyzed according to the framework of Stuart Hall’s representation theory (1996, 2003). The results obtained from the analysis of the work showed that identity representation was mostly used in the intentional and constructive approaches, and the least in the reflective approach. It was also observed that among the levels of identity, individual identity had the highest frequency in both plays, followed by national identity and historical identity, respectively. The author also encountered a case that was not compatible with the identity of that historical period and categorized it as a fake identity. The author suggests that the inclusion of fake identity cases in the text is due to the author’s lack of familiarity with the language, culture, and beliefs of the people of that historical period. Moreover, the findings of the research indicate that among the identity-forming parameters, sentence and word were the most influential ones, followed by clause and group, respectively.
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ir Article Information Abstract The present research investigates the representation of identity in the text of the Persian play Parvin Daughter of Sasan written by Sadegh Hedayat.
This research seeks to, in line with research focused on identity and by examining various types of identity in language, determine the extent of the use of various identity strategies based on Stuart Hall's theory of representation in the selected historical play and to achieve the research goal, which is to find and introduce aspects of identity in Persian play texts.
This research strives to answer two main questions, namely: Which dimension of identity has been used more in the work of Parvin Daughter of Sasan by Sadegh Hedayat, based on Stuart Hall's theory of representation?
Firstly, as an answer to the first question, we assume that all dimensions of identity, based on Stuart Hall's theory of representation, are used equally in the work of Parvin Daughter of Sasan by Sadegh Hedayat.
The hypothesis we consider for answering the second question is that the representation of historical identity, based on Stuart Hall's theory of representation, in the work of Parvin Daughter of Sasan by Sadegh Hedayat is such that all approaches have been used.
2. Examining Different Aspects of Identity in the Play Parvin Dukhtar-e Sasan by Sadegh Hedayat Types of identity include individual identity, national identity, and historical identity, each of which is divided into the following sub-branches.
Which aspect of identity has been used more in the work Parvin Dukhtar-e Sasan by Sadegh Hedayat, according to Stuart Hall's theory of representation?
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