Inferiority in Persian proverbs

Heidari, Zahra; Casi, Fatemeh

doi:10.30465/lir.2025.51294.1989

Inferiority in Persian proverbs

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

zahra heidari ¹

Fatemeh Casi ²

¹ graduated in folkloric literature

² assistant professor of payam noor

10.30465/lir.2025.51294.1989

Abstract

Persian proverbs, as one of the types of popular literature, represent the intellectual and cultural tendencies of the people on the topic of peace and non-violence. In this research, by emphasizing other factors, we have analyzed the discourse of inferiority to find examples of social intolerance in Persian proverbs. Based on the concept of discourse according to Lakla and Mofe, this research shows a part of the thought pattern governing Persian proverbs. Differences and cultural emphasis on differences produce a distorted awareness of "the other". "Other" and "others", including dissidents, queer people, and anyone who is different from our "self" in terms of thought, belief, culture, ethnicity, and identity characteristics. The level of resilience in the face of these differences and the correct way of managing these differences in attitude and behavior determines the level of tolerance at the level of the society, differences that are sometimes mistakenly considered "confrontation"; However, differences are in the nature of human society The research findings are classified based on the classification of social tolerance components in Peter King's view And he has analyzed the role of other factors of religion, patriarchy and individualism on one of the components of public ethics, that is, social prestige; Based on the obtained results, the discourse of patriarchy with signs related to gender discrimination represent the highest level of impotence in the studied Persian proverbs

Keywords

proverb

other

discourse analysis

Lacla

Mofe

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