The analysis of macro-structure of Parvin Eatesami's tales within the ‎framework of linguistic formalism

Linguistics, as the other sciences, has divided into branches one of which is macro-linguistics. IN macro-linguistics analysis, text is studied based on the relations among different parts of it. The objective of the present study is the macro-analysis of Parvin Eatesami's tales based on Woodbury (1987, cited in Fabb, 1997) - Khanzadeamiri (1379) formalist model. This study is descriptive and the methodology is quantitative content analysis. As a whole, the results of analysis showed that the model with some modifications is recognizable in macro-structure of Parvin Eatesami's tales. One of obtained conclusions in this analysis is that Advice constituent/episode is in the main focus in Eatesami's tales. The analysis showed that the model with some modifications is recognizable in macro-structure of Eatesami’s tales. In the analysis, 2728 lines/verses out of the total 6824 analyzed lines, 39/98 percent, has been devoted to this episode/constituent. So, advice constituent is the main constituent in Eatesami's tales, and this matter indicates the instructive essence of this work.