Deconstructive reading of a Xâqâni’s poem

Document Type : scientific-research

Authors

1 Assistant Professor in Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran

2 Researcher Professor assistant in Persian Academy

Abstract

After a brief introductory reference to the concept of deconstruction and proposing a summary of philosophical, linguistic and literary thoughts of Derrida, the deconstructive approach has been studied on the basis of his reading two western texts, and finally, one of the famous odes of Khāghāni called" Dar Mo'areze-ye sheikh al-shoyukh-e Baghdād"(About the opposition of Baghdad's great sheykh) has been deconstructed upon the Derrida's approach to show that a deep and deconstructed reading results in confusion and surprise of reader to understand the issue, to realize the meaning, and to know the poem's audience. Analyzing the contrasts, words, mode of expression, themes, intertextual relations and some literary industries, this kind of reading provides a meaning contrary to appearances or even to the intention of the poet.

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