A Psycho-Cognitive Study of " Dafater al-Warraq" in the Light of Van Dijk's Theory of Critical Discourse Analysis

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This research focuses on the analysis of Jalal Barjas's world vision, his personal experiences, and how it shadows the formulation of the novel "Dafater al-Warraq" to show how the speech is stereotyped, activated, and exercises power by symbolic elites to influence society. The researchers followed the critical approach within the framework of Teun Van Dijk's theory of critical discourse analysis. Following the study conducted in the novel "Dafater al-Warraq" and Jalal Barjas's biography entitled "Neshij al-Doodook", we noticed that Barjas employed his personal experiences and beliefs through what he called (atmospheric noise) in "Neshij al-Doodook" and (voice) in "Dafater al-Warraq"; he made his own discourse through them, which became his voice to speak out and protest against poverty and corruption of governments, officials, and their sons. We also explained how Barjas criticized the censorship exercised by governments on systems, experienced in his professional and personal life. We also found in the "Dafater al-Warraq" and "Neshij-al-Doodook" many sentences and lexicons revealing his love for tradition and resentment of modernity. We also noted that his leftist ideas and communist upbringing led to the formation of a communist intellectual tendency, clearly touched on in the "Dafater al-Warraq". Another usage Barjas worked on to create discourse and influence on the individual and society was employing literature and the heroes of the most famous international novels, allowing the hero of his novel, Ibrahim al-Warraq, to impersonate the heroes and complete the work or fulfill the role assigned to him.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

أمرائي، محمدحسن(1401ش). تحليل الخطاب النقدي للمعلقات السبع وفقا لنظريه فان دايك الإجتماعيه المعرفية (معلقتا عمرو بن كلثوم والحارث بن حلزة أنموذجا)، فصليّة لسان مبين العلمية، إيران، الدورة 13، العدد47، ص1-23
برجس، جلال(2020م). دفاتر الوراق، بيروت: المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر.
برجس، جلال(2023م).  نشيج الدودوك، بيروت :المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر.
بكار،سعيد(2021 م). التحليل النقدي للخطاب: مفهومه ومقارباته، الخطاب، جامعة ابن زهر-أكادير- المغرب، العدد 2، المجلد 16، ص443- 476
فان دايك، تيون، ترجمة غيداء العلي (2014م). الخطاب والسلطة، القاهرة: المركز القومي للترجمة.
فان دايك، تيون، ترجمة أيهم محمود العباد(2023م). الخطاب وإنتاج المعرفة، دمشق: دار التكوين للتأليف والترجمة والنشر.
فان دايك، تيون، ترجمة عبدالقادر قنيني(2000م). النص والسياق، الدار البيضاء: دار نشر إفريقيا الشرق.
المسعودي د.حميد حسون بجية، وعامر صغير علوان العامري(2021م). نظريتي فيركلوف وفان دايك لتحليل الخطاب النقدي، مجلة آداب الكوفة، العدد47: ج2 ، ص477-490
Amra’i, Muhammad Hassan (1401 AH). Critical discourse analysis of the seven commentaries according to Van Dijk’s social cognitive theory (the two commentaries of Amr ibn Kulthum and al-Harith ibn Hilza as an example), Lisan Mubin Scientific Quarterly, Iran, 13 (47), pp. 1-23. (In Arabic)
Al-Masoudi, Dr. Hamid Hassoun Bejiya, and Amer Saghir Alwan Al-Ameri (م2021 AD). Fairclough and Van Dijk’s Theories of Critical Discourse Analysis, Journal of Kufa Arts, 47(2), 477-490. (In Arabic)
Bakkar, Saeed (م2021 AD). Critical Discourse Analysis: Its Concept and Approaches, Ibn Zohr University - Agadir - Morocco, 16(2), 443-476. (In Arabic)
Barjas, Jalal (م2023 AD).  Nashij Al-Doodook, Beirut: Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing. (In Arabic)
Barjas, Jalal (م2020). Dafater al-Warraq, Beirut: Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing. (In Arabic)
van Dijk, T. A. (م2023 AD). Discourse and Knowledge Production. Translated by Ayham Mahmoud Al-Abad. Damascus: Dar Al-Takween for Writing, Translation and Publishing. (In Arabic)
van Dijk, T. A. (م2014 AD). Discourse and Power. Translated by Ghaida Al-Ali, Cairo: National Center for Translation. (In Arabic)
van Dijk, T. A. (م2008). Discourse and power. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan. (In English)
van Dijk, T. A. (م2000 AD). Text and Context. Translated by Abdel Qader Qanini. Casablanca: East Africa Publishing House. (In Arabic)
van Dijk, T. A. (م1998). Ideology: A multidisciplinary approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (In English)              
van Dijk, T. A. (م1995). 'Aims of Critical Discourse Analysis'. Japanese discourse Vol. I, 17-27. (In English)
van Dijk, T. A. (م1993). Elite discourse and racism. London: Sage Publications. pp. (242-282). (In English)
Ebn-Almoqaffa in Narrative and Poetry (Formerly known as Quarterly of Arabic Language and Literature
Volume 21, Issue 3
October 2025
Pages 247-260

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics