The ideological field of the linguistic-narrative implications of the novel Neighbors: modalities and discursive conflict

Hamaradha Mohamad Amin, Amin; Yaghoobi Janbeh Saraei, Parsa

doi:10.22124/naqd.2024.26652.2554

The ideological field of the linguistic-narrative implications of the novel Neighbors: modalities and discursive conflict

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. student of Persian language and literature under the joint agreement of Kurdistan University and Sulaymani University, Iraq.

² Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran.

10.22124/naqd.2024.26652.2554

Abstract

The novel "Neighbors" has been narrated with a realistic approach in order to represent/popularize party knowledge/belief. This is the reason that deciphering it requires an understanding of the textual discourse conflict and its constructive aspects. In this article, the discursive conflict contained in the novel Neighbors is analyzed and interpreted by relying on three types of modalities: noun, adjective, and adverb. The result shows that the ideological nature of the subject of representation and the necessity of transformation of the subject of the story associated with it has led to the leveling of plot's order, so that the narrative process can be divided into three periods of pre-heroism, heroism and heroism stabilization. Despite the four categories of discourse participants/opponents in the pre-heroism era, the modalities mostly serve to represent a kind of intellectual, occupational and emotional stagnation and freezing that governs the space containing the subjects, including Khaled, the main character and the narrator-actor of the story. During the heroic period, there is a serious conflict between the party(Hezbi) subjects and the ruler. All three categories of modalities, including noun, adjective and adverb, aligned with the position of the hidden author of the text, serve to affirm the struggles of party subjects and negate the ruling class. In the last period, all the sufferings of Khaled and his companions in prison, especially enduring discipline/torture, dealing with ridicule and moving forward, are assumed to be symptoms of their heroism and legitimacy. With this description, the narrative in two ...

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