The application of the theory of Cultural Hegemony In The novel of Tarighe Besmelshodan
Abstract
In the theory of Cultural Hegemony, the powerful class wants to dominate their beliefs in the society without coercion. Tarighe Besmelshodan, one of the Mahmood Dowlatabadi's modern novels, which was published in the 90s and became a bestseller, is the story of conflict between Iranian and Iraqi forces in the war at a place called Zero Mount, and deals with the ethnic conflict between Persians and Arabs. The author creates a hegemonic narrative by relating a historical figure to each other relates human values to nationalist concepts. It reviews the history of Iran from the time of the rise of Islam to the middle of the third century. Using the analytical-descriptive method, this research concludes that the use of nationalism discourse, referring to an important moment in political history, distorting history with the aim of stimulating the nationalist spirit, using the symbol of the pen, the sword, the lion and dove to create a myth of nationalist figures has become a hegemonic tool and the audience has attracted. The hegemonic analysis of novel, according to the theories of Stuart Hall, reveals the metaphorical codes of the text.
Literary Research