Critical Discourse Analysis of Representation of General Qasem Soleimani's terror in Newspapers of Saudy Arabia Based on Van Leeuwen's Teories (Case study: Asharq Al- Awsat).

Mohseni, Hussein; Tanha, Fatemeh; Balavi, Rasoul

Critical Discourse Analysis of Representation of General Qasem Soleimani's terror in Newspapers of Saudy Arabia Based on Van Leeuwen's Teories (Case study: Asharq Al- Awsat).

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

² Ph.D. of Arabic Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University.Tabriz- Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Persian Gulf University.Bushehr- Iran.

Abstract

Critical analysis of discourse examines the relationship between language and thought and, reveals its intellectual and hidden aspects and the relationship between the text and the author by unveiling the sub-structures of language, and tries to focus on why and how in addition to the use of language and also consider its sociological components.This study seeks to analyze the content of “ASharq Al-Awsat” newspaper about the method of representing the assassination of Martyr Qasem Soleimani by a qualitative-analytical and exploratory method based on the socio-semantic principles of Wan Leeuwen’s discourse, (as a special analytical model that discusses about the textual appearance of representation in discursive structures), and with its help, reveals how the assassination of Martyr Soleimani and the presentation of political and social actors of the opposite parties (Iran-US and its allies) are represented, also it manifests the hidden links of ideology-domination as well as the complex textures and hidden layers in the discursive structures by analyzing their meanings.Drawing a turbulent Middle East by showing the action of General Soleimani in a negative light, negatively representing and isolating neighboring countries such as Syria, Iraq and Lebanon in relation to Iran's actions, giving a role of extremist and deviant to Iranian actors based on the role and social and political function, establishing unequal space within the Islamic Republic system and drawing conflicting and domineering figures for the character of Martyr Soleimani, are some of the biases of this Saudi media to guide the audience in the desired direction.

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