Document Type : Original Article
Author
Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Farhangian University, Tehran, P.O. Box 889 -14665, Iran.
Abstract
so far, the field of semiotics has not presented a coherent theory to explain how religious experience and metaphysical signs emerge within the dialogue of a narrative screenplay. Drawing upon the principles compiled by Keir Elam, Professor of English Literature at the University of Bologna, Italy in his book The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama, including Grices cooperative principles and rhetorical devices, it is possible for the first time to develop a semiotic system to elucidate the emergence of religious experience in the dialogue of a narrative screenplay.
Research findings indicate that in the narrative screenplay As Simple as That, the main character violates clause B of the conversational principle of quality on four occasions due to fear of the modern world. This clause refers to not stating something for which there is no evidence. At the end of the screenplay, the supernatural factor of istikhara, while creating a religious experience, dismisses all the worrying factors. In the narrative screenplay So Far, So Close, the existence or non-existence of the metaphysical and meaningful world is brought to the attention of the audience through the absence and violation of clause B of the quality principle in Seven dialogues. After the characters and audiences amazement and bewilderment reach their peak due to this absence, the appearance of a supernatural and metaphysical event at the end of the screenplay proves the existence of the world of meaning and metaphysics, thereby creating a religious experience.
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