The Role of Power and Truth in Common Kurdish Parodies Based on Foucault's Theory

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 PhD in Persian language and literature

Abstract

The folklore of each nation is a measure to assess the cultural, social, political and economic progress of the nation, and a part of the popular culture and literature that reflects a variety of cultural, social, political and economic contexts that will illustrate the various manifestations of ruling power. The Kurdish people experienced various levers of power as Khan, Agha, Arbab, Sheikh, and sometimes clergyman have been illustrations of these levers of power in the Kurdish regions, and have recreated the truth in consolidating and strengthening their power in public literature. The purpose of the study explain Foucault's "relation of power and truth" in popular discourse and local literature, and to the question of which authorities have justified the power of the beliefs governing the life of the general public to what extent? Has responded Beliefs and thoughts in popular and local parables, such as the obedience of the popular class to the authorities of power, which are mostly local powers, have been excavated in this study, and its achievements have shown that this correspondence is widely considered to be the leverage of power and the modes of truth Linked to each other.

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Journal of Iranian Studies
Volume 21, Issue 42
December 2022
Pages 251-277

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