Study of Semiotics in Mystical Loving Discourse in Rumi's and Sadi's Sonnets: Based on Matrix and Hypogram by Michael Riffaterre

This paper is based on the semiotic pattern of Michael Riffaterre in reading the poems of Molavi and Sadi, his theory of descriptive poems (the matrix and hypogram) is explained in this paper for the first time. The discourse of love is then analyzed on the basis of this pattern, including the following three: love, beloved and the lover, and their matrixes and hypograms are later elaborated. It aims at applying this pattern in ancient Persian poetry. It was indicated that the discourse of love is based on love and unity in Molavi’s sonnets whereas it is based on love and Carpe diem in Sadi’s sonnets. It confirms the traditional hypothesis that Molavi is a mystic and Sadi is a lover, through citations and methodologies. The course of descriptive poems related to the discourse of love leads from the love, beloved and lover to unity dynamically in Molavi’s sonnets, whereas this course leads from the unity of love and life to Carpe diem and the existential realism in Sadi’s sonnets