Analysis of the Critical Discourse of Power in Nezami's Khosrow and Shirin

Critical discourse analysis is one of the effective theories for analyzing the hidden layers of language and discourse. One of the main components for expressing the discourse goals is power. A famous theorist in the field of critical discourse analysis is Norman Fairclough who believes that power has an effect on social relations and discourse. In this research, an attempt has been made to explain the power in Khosrow and Shirin systems using a three-dimensional model of Fairclough. The main hypothesis of this research was that Nezami in Khosrow and Shirin has created a discourse appropriate to the power and social status of each character. Analyzing the poems of Khosrow and Shirin, it became clear that the different uses of words, the use of linguistic and grammatical aspects, the differences in persuasive methods, the different views of the characters in the story, and the ambiguity in speech depend on the difference in unequal power in the poems of Khosrow and Shirin.