A Critical Analysis of Narrating Prophets in Television on the Basis of Religious Osweh-Making in Yousef Serial

This research is trying to make a religious critical means for criticizing dramatic religious programs by using thematic analysis method and then, on the basis of this means, the study tries to criticize one of the religious Iranian serial made in Iran by the name of “Yousef”. In this study, we have used narration studies and especially characterization studies and as a result, it can be said that Yousef and Yaqub characters in Yousef serial have not been characterized on the basis of the themes of prophets that they represent in Quran. In the case of Yaqub, it can be said that “patience and trust in God” are the core themes in the Qur’anic narration, but in characterizing Yaqub in the serial, the character has not been characterized thoroughly. Also In the case of Yusef, it can be said that “patience and virtue” are the core themes in the Qur’anic narration, but in characterizing Yusef in the serial, the character has not been characterized thoroughly as far as "virtue" is concerned, although characterizing “patience” is a proper one in the serial of Yousef.