The analysis of power discourse in Attar's Masnavi

Discourse analysis is one of the most important literary theories in the analysis of texts. A theory that, by analyzing the hidden meanings of the word, has opened up a new opportunity for a different attitude to literary texts. Language, power and ideology are important components of this theory's critical approach. The secret layers of the language are presented in oral and written texts to illustrate the formation and reproduction of power discourses and domination and reveal the hidden relationships of power. In the eyes of Foucault and Freclough, power in politics is not summed up and is present in various aspects of human societies. Accordingly, the recognition of the power structure in the peaks of praise of the mystical texts, and in particular the works of Attar, can be important. The most obvious aspect of mystical poetry is the dominant form of the discursive form of "Khamid al-wujiri" or "centrality of metaphysical and spiritual power." In these texts, especially in Attar's works, there is a clear contrast between the power of spiritual discourse and the power of sovereign and political discourse. In most of the mystical narratives of the companions (old, but, mystic, wise, etc.), they work in three distinct directions. Confirmation of the dominant form of "God-centered" discourse 2. Criticism, confrontation and struggle, with the reproduction of domination in political power - sovereignty (kings and emirs) 3. Legitimation and impersonation of other centers of power. Like the power of the zeal, the devotee, the ruler, the mohassabi and the judge