Semiotics of Body Language in Nezami’s Haft Peykar

Semiotics, as an emerging science, studies the signs in nature and examines their effects on the natural, social, and cultural relations between the humans.  This nascent  knowledge  can  be  analyzed  and  studied  using  sciences  related  to  the signs and the process of communication. Body language is one of the sciences that deals with communication between humans without establishing words and only through body movements.  In  this  study, we  examine  a  number  of verses of  Haft  Peykar,  which  is  a  symbolic  work full  of  signs.  Haft Peykar is Nezami’s masterpiece in which he uses body language and semiotics. According to the  results  obtained,  Nezami’s  Haft  Peykar  often  deals  with the general movements  and  postures  of  the  body  which  are  a  kind  of  code related  to  the period of composing the work and the habits of the people of that time. Studies show  that  nonverbal  communication  and  semiotics,  as  two separate  bodies  of knowledge,  can  influence  each  other  with  many differences.  In  addition,  by making  a  connection  between a  literary  subject and  two  social  sciences,  it  is possible to better understand the concept of a literary work.