Document Type : Original Article
Author
Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, University of Zabol, Iran
Abstract
Bahram Sadeghi's novel Malakoot is a multi-layered and complex text that depicts the lives of characters such as Mr. Mavaddat, Dr. Haatam, and Mal in a remote city in the context of contemporary Iranian literature. This novel, with its poetic language and nonlinear structure, creates a world full of contradictions and fluidity. Jacques Derrida's theory of deconstruction is appropriate for this work because it emphasizes the collapse of dualities, the slipperiness of meaning, and decentralization, as the novel Malakoot escapes from conventional structures of meaning and identity. The aim of this research is a philosophical-literary analysis of the novel Malakoot from Persian literature based on the collapse of dualities, differentiation, and decentralization, and the play of signs to show how Sadeghi has crystallized these concepts in his text. The research method is a qualitative analysis of the text with a deconstruction approach, which is carried out through a careful examination of the narrative, characters, and language. The results show that Malakoot merges dualities, postpones meaning, is devoid of any fixed center, and immerses its language in a free flow of signs. The novel represents a world in which truth and identity are fluid and endless.
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