The Analysis of power relations in the Keikhosrow Story: Based on Foucault's view

Keikhosrow's story is one of the significant narratives in Iranian

mythology. This analysis can demonstrate clear image of the concept

of "identity" and the "power" in the aspect of its material and spiritual

and mythological/ religious cultures of ancient Iran. This image

reflected in the process of intellectual and ideological Islamic period,

As well as present in terms of mythological and cultural icon in

Iranian narratives. Shahnameh is the best plan to achieve the semantic

cultural geography.

In this article, with such motivation and importance of

Keikhosrow’sbig battle,I make use the approach of discourse analysis

to examine the layers of story and discourse semantic systems. In the

first section of the article, I briefly review power / truth form on

Keikhosrow’s story. Next, I examine some of the issues in discourse

with three sections (determined conflict space, semantic conflict,

determined times and place).Finally, I closely examine the results of

discourse analysis focusing on the Keikhosrow’s big battle.