An overview of the transformation of Mey on a continuum from structuralism to discourse semiotics

The present study aims to investigate the concept of wine (Mey in Persian) as a fundamental concept in Persian lyric literature focusing on the most important transformations in the poems of Rudaki, Sanaie, Nezami, Atar, Molavi, and Hafez. As discourse semiotics is studied within the evolution of structuralism, this study, with an emphasis on the structuralism view, first investigates the evolution of Mey based on the syntagmatic, paradigmatic and contrastive relations and then using discourse semiotics, it deals with the meaning boundaries to show the evolution path of Mey as one of the most fundamental concepts in Persian lyric poetry. The reason for considering such a continuum in the investigation of Mey (from word study to discourse analysis) is that such fundamental concepts are not merely the words which are used only for naming and referencing, but they change into a complicated integration and floating signifier and have a profound connection with the poet's lived discourse. They are on a continuum from meaning boundaries of reference to the interactive and ultimately to the melting in evolution.