Abstract
The present study was carried out to perform a validity evaluation of Fairclough approach on a poem by Akhavan Sales, called The End of the Shahname. The transferability criteria of Guba and Lincoln were utilized to transfer its results to the environment and other groups. Using the transferability criteria, the three levels of Fairclough’s hypothesis, being description, interpretation, and explanation of the text, is evaluated. The purpose of this study is to answer this question; Can all three levels of Fairclough’s, along with the proposed questions, been applicable in a literary text of Akhavan’s poem? The results of this study represented that all sections are in line with Guba and Lincoln’s emphasis on presenting maximum and rich description in order to increase transferability. Based on the trihedral model of Fairclough, in the level of representation, discourse is considered as a part of a social process. What matters here is the context knowledge. Considering all these, it can be concluded that the points emphasized by Guba and Lincoln on presenting the maximum information and descriptions in order to increase the level of transferability, it is in line with the explanation level of Fairclough model. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n4p658
Highlights
Discourse analysis, today, is an interdisciplinary orientation between humanities and social sciences
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the validity and the implementing potential of the three levels of Fairclough approach on Akhavan’s poem, which is a kind of qualitative study
This study aims to investigate the power relations in Akhavan’s political poetry
Summary
Today, is an interdisciplinary orientation between humanities and social sciences. Critical discourse analysis is a new approach to discourse analysis and is deemed to be an important branch of it nowadays. In this method, both aspects of the surface and text meaning are considered. Both aspects of the surface and text meaning are considered Experts such as Norman Fairclough, Ruth Vedak, Fowler and Kress have had a considerable role in introducing and developing critical discourse analysis. Fairclough approach is chosen among many others mentioned, and it is introduced in the following
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