Document Type : Original Article
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1 دانش آموخته دکتری زبان و ادبیات فارسی - دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی - تهران - ایران.
2 استاد گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی - دانشکده ادبیات و زبان های خارجی - دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی - تهران - ایران.
Abstract
This study, using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on meta-roles of ideas, studies the way mystical experiences are represented in Sufi writings and seeks to answer the question of what effect does the dominance of each of the roles of language in these texts have on the way linguistic processes are used? The results of the study show that the dominance of each of the roles of language in these texts has directly affected the type of use of linguistic processes and has caused a difference in the representation of the experiences of Sufi writers. For example, in texts where the persuasive role of language has prevailed, a significant transformation has occurred from material processes to mental processes. In such texts, the “experiencer” is active and doer, and most verbs have transitive structures and past tense. The high frequency of the declarative aspect and the emphatic semantic ranges in these texts indicate the certainty in the author’s words. When reading these narratives, the audience’s mind is separated from its natural place and time and accompanies the narrator in the space of the experience. This mode of expression has found different manifestations with the changing roles of language. The characteristics of mystical experiences such as “indescribability”, “transience” and “passivity” are also, in parallel with the roles of language, other determining factors in the way of representing these experiences. Sufi writers are influenced by these characteristics, who refrain from accurately describing the situation and quality of experiences. Symbolic expression, high frequency...
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