Critical Analysis of Educational Discourse in Children's Religious Fiction by Analyzing the Story of Flying to the Planet of Freedom Mahmoud Hakimi

Children's fiction is one of the most effective forms of non-formal education in addition to formal education; Influenced by the existing ideology and discourses, some educational elements are in the center of attention. Mahmoud Hakimi, as one of the most prolific children writers in the social and political space of the years before the Islamic Revolution and in opposition to the discourse of the domination system, has written stories for children and appropriate religious education that was his concern and part of the intellectual community at that time. He has chosen for his stories. The present study uses the method of critical discourse analysis and purposefully tells the story of "Flying to the Planet of Freedom", which is a kind of religious story, with the aim of extracting some educational elements, including; It has analyzed and explained the educational goals, behavioral patterns and educational methods that are most considered in belief systems (ideologies). The results of this research in terms of discourse analysis is that Hakimi has Five common discourses of his time, namely; The leftist Marxist discourse has described and criticized Christianity, nationalism, secularism, and Shiite Islam. The Fifth discourse is the dominant discourse and belongs to the wise discourse, and the educational themes in this work are influenced by the same discourse and are formed in contrast to other discourses, and while marginalizing other discourses, it has superiorized its discourse.