The Macro - Structure Analysis of Saadi's Bustan Tales within the Framework of Linguistic Formalism

Linguistics science, as other sciences, has been divided into branches one of which is macro – linguistics that can be applied to textual and discourse analysis. In macro – linguistics analysis, text is studied based on the relations among different parts of it. The objective of the present study was the macro-analysis of Saadi’s Bustan tales based on Woodbury (1987, cited in fabb, 1997) - Khanzadehamiri (1379) formalistic model. As a whole, the results of the analysis showed that the model with some modifications was recognizable in macro – structure of Saadi’s Bustan tales. One of the obtained conclusions in this analysis was that advice (PAND-O-ANDARZ) constituent was in the main focus in Saadi’s Bustan tales. In addition, 475 lines (44.81 percent) out of the total 1060 lines analyzed devoted to this constituent. So, advice is the main constituent in Saadi’s Bustan tales, and this matter indicated the instructive essence of this work.