Life dynamics in competition Semiotic analysis of of “Khal’ae’’ short story

Semiotics of discourse is a new approach in literary criticism. In this approach the processes of signification are, dynamic and multidimensional variants which are manifested through controlling a system called ‘’discourse process’’. in this study ,in order to answer the question that how discourse has revealed the sense of competition as a valuable action during the life of personalities of the story, the process of shaping affective discourse in the story of ‘’Kha’lae’’ written by Najib Mahfouz , holder of literary Noble prize in 1988 ,will be investigated . In fact the purpose of this study is to show the role of affective process in altering the situations of discourse evolution and its effect on the style of passionate subject. Findings reveal that in the affective process of story, the occurrence of two incidents in the life of passionate subject will evolved the axiological system of discourse by affecting the believes and altering emotions.