Discourse analysis in the poem of Zeinab Habash

Critical analysis of power discourse in Zeinab Habash’s poems
Discourse analysis is a modern approach which flourishing and growing in the context of postmodernism. Norman Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework in critical discourse analysis is one of the most practical aspects of this theory that includes analysis of (spoken or written) language texts, analysis of discourse practice (processes of text production, distribution and consumption) and analysis of discursive events as instances of sociocultural practice. The writers of the essay by utilizing the Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework, analyze the power discourse in Zainab Habash’s poems, and also try to discover the connection and relation between the poet’s works and oppressive atmosphere of totalitarian society. The achievement of this essay is, explaining the influence of Palestine political situations on resistance poetry. Zeinab Habash in her resistant poems tries to be the protesting sound of her countrymen to make the social and political discourse interacted, which can make a great change in her society.