The Discourse Analysis of Protest Poetry in the Poem of Mehdi Akhavan Sales (Based on the analysis of the discourse of Laclau and Moffe)

The study and analysis of the protest discourse of contemporary poetry, especially relying on the poetry of poets such as Akhavan Sales, indicates the unity of the conceptual and thematic system of poetry, commitment to the people, society and the common use of poetry in raising the voice of the people. In the Akhavan's poetry, protest motifs appear in the form of a kind of desperate attitude. As a result, his poetry was a covenant of silent and politically protesting voices in the form of a social salvation. In the present study, an attempt is made to study the discourse of protest in the poetry of the Akhavan Sales based on a descriptive-analytical method. In fact, the main issue is to recognize the consolidating and vital elements of a dominant discourse in Iranian society based on recognizing and analyzing the type and diagram of official power. According to Laclau and Moffe, everything, especially the political and social, finds meaning in the form of discourses. The Using the theory of Laclau and Moffe in the present study, it is proved that the poetry of Akhavan Sales, with its protest and libertarian themes, introduces a new identity discourse against the dominant political discourse and ideology of the second Pahlavi era. Akhavan Sales creates a new articulation with the central sign of Iran, floating signs such as patriotism, defense of freedom and justice, protest against tyranny and oppression, as well as the revival of new religious schools.