Layer Semiotics Reading in the Semantic Process of Nezami’s Khosrow and Shirin

Abstract

Layer semiotics with sign substructure, langue, parole, codes, context and so on aims to provide an exact reading of text. In this procedure, the sign in discourse interaction will change to text. In fact in this process, the contextual reading has resulted the signs in form of codes which turn to textural layers. Although inter-text and inter-discourse reading of addressee will direct these layers. Khosrow and Shirin poem had the potential of this reading, so due to current research, some signs such as water, milk, blood, tree, stone, sun and so on are seen as the main actors of a story around three characters including Farhad, Khosrow, and Shirin so that phenomenological reading considers the above-mentioned signs in parallel to every character in semantic process in proportion with the implicit significations. Descriptive–analytic method of Layer Semiotics indicated how a poet can use the story economy in form of signs to make the volume of semantic-content structure of a literal work. So, some analysts with structuralism view in addition to purgatory view of all signs in reading different codes caused to the semantic reproduction, for example when the companion actors with Shirin such as water, milk and blood are placed due to the signs processing in different codes of mysticism, myth, psychology and so on. Finally, Shirin is placed in a way confronting different implicit significations such as Gnosticism Early death when she was punished.

Keywords

• Nezami
• Khosrow and Shirin
• Layer Semiotics
• Phenomenology
• Codes