Respecting the image of beloved in Shahriar's poetry based on Brown and Levinson's communication theory

Mahmoudi, Pegah; Khalasizadeh, Shokoofe

doi:10.30466/jispll.2024.121536

Respecting the image of beloved in Shahriar's poetry based on Brown and Levinson's communication theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Pegah Mahmoudi ¹

Shokoofe Khalasizadeh ²

¹ Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature, Researcher Author.

² A Student of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch.

10.30466/jispll.2024.121536

Abstract

From the point of view of Brown and Levinson, politeness in the discourse context of the language indicates the social position of the speaker and the level of relationship between him and the audience, so politeness can be considered a part of the linguistic action of the speaker in the structure of the language, including the Persian language. In this essay, the writer attempts to discuss and analyze the strategy of romantic words in Shahriars lyrical poetry by using Brown and Levinson's functionalism theory and analyze the type of verbal relationship between lover and beloved from this point of view. In terms of methodology, the upcoming research is of a descriptive-analytical type, based on the analysis of lyrical dialogue. Shahriar intends to directly address the lover with internal language and address the lover and talk to him. The results of the research and the findings of this study indicate that Shahryar used the mechanism of audience face and respect for politeness according to the theory of Brown and Lewinson when proposing his proposal to his lover talking to him, complaining about hijran. He tries to prove the exalted position of the beloved in his words by paying attention to various aspects.

Keywords

Adab

Brown

and Lewinson

Sonnet of Shahriar

Communication theory

Audience face