The Study of Values, Ideology, and Modality in Taraghi’s “The Pear Tree”

This study endeavors to show the dominant values, ideology and modality of “The Pear Tree”. Values, ideology and modality within the discourse is interrelated, and modality can be useful to analyze the production of values. Value analysis in this short story is related to three distinctive fields. First, social reality representation within discourse is value laden. That is, each conceptual system is full of values which implicitly affect people. Second, speakers with positive identities can create values. Third, implicit values in context evoke emotions. These values are identified within discourse of the narrative. Moreover, values, attitudes and power relationships beyond them are depicted within this short story. Therefore, contextual analysis is combined with intertextual forms to analyze values. Then the related motivational values are illustrated as binary counterparts.