Discourse analysis of the story of Mary (pbuh) in the Holy Quran based on Norman Fairclough’s critical model

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 1. Corresponding Author, Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Master’s student, Arabic Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

10.30512/kq.2024.20323.3710

Abstract

Contemplating the meaning and reaching the significations of a literary work through the signs in its textual surface structure has always been one of the major concerns of literary critics from the past to the present. Discourse analysis, with its various approaches, branches and perspectives, seeks to unravel the mutual relationship between language and society, essentially probing the ideology governing texts. Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) theory is a renowned theory in discourse studies, aiming to examine the dominant power in the society where the literary work is produced by exploring the relationship between the internal and external criteria of the text through three levels: description, interpretation, and explanation. Accordingly, the present study seeks to analyze the story of the Virgin Mary (pbuh) based on Fairclough's critical discourse theory and a descriptive-analytical method at its three levels. The findings of the research indicate that there is an integral connection between the language, and the social and external context of the story of the Virgin Mary (pbuh) in the Holy Quran, which adds significant value to the Quranic narrative from both a textual and ideological perspective.

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Ketab-E-Qayyem
Volume 15, Issue 32
March 2025
Pages 107-125

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  • Receive Date: 11 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 01 February 2024
  • Accept Date: 03 February 2024

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