AU - khodadadi, fazlollah AU - ghasemzadeh, seyed ali TI - Analyzing Actional –Manipulative Regime of Discourse in Fictional Literature PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - mdrsjrns JN - mdrsjrns VO - 9 VI - 6 IP - 6 4099 - http://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-22233-en.html 4100 - http://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-22233-en.pdf SO - mdrsjrns 6 AB  - The purpose of this paper is to examine the structural elements of narrative based on theoretical model of actional –manipulative regime of discourse in Persian classical and contemporary Literature. Investigating the narrative structures of Persian fiction literature, both classical and contemporary, indicates specific narrative rules in the plot structures of these works and have led to their categorization in actional regime of narratives with different approaches. The hypothesis of the present research is that each story begins with a kind of imperfection and actor’s efforts to liquidate this imperfection and to achieve the object of value in the chain of narrative and discourse. Now, the question of the current research is as follows: what are the underlying mechanisms of actional – manipulative and narratives in Persian fictional literature, based on examples drawn from classical and contemporary stories? The results indicated that in this narrative structure the actor is in the quest of achieving something worthy by referring to convincing and persuasive approaches with various features such as encouragement, threats, flattery, bribe, provocation and rebellion. CP - IRAN IN - --- LG - eng PB - mdrsjrns PG - 25 PT - مقالات علمی پژوهشی YR - 2019