Analyzing the Semantics of Discourse in the Holy Quran (Based on the Fontane Model of the Case Study of Surah Al-Rahman) The Practical Issue of Depicting the Quranic Stories of the Prophets for the Child Audience Group with the Purpose of Teaching Religious and Moral Concepts

Dissertation for Master's degree

Visual communication field

Abstract:

We consider the Holy Quran to be a word from God to guide man. Therefore, many researches have been done in various formats to find the root of the word and the subtleties and miracles of this holy word since its revelation and compilation until now, and precise research and interpretation methods have been developed in this direction by commentators and scholars. Qur'anic researchers are always interested in understanding and discovering all levels and layers and finding the meaning fields of religious knowledge, considering the aliveness and dynamic nature of religious knowledge, following the encouragement of the Quran and imams. Linguistics, semantics, semiotics and discourse analysis are new and suitable tools with diverse and new functions in line with Quranic studies. The science of linguistics and semiotics has gone through several stages to examine different works; Among those stages, we can mention "discourse operations" which started a new reading of the works and revealed new angles of reading these texts. The word of the Quran is not only a word that gives knowledge, but in addition to giving knowledge, it also has the effect and motivation to act on this knowledge. The knowledge of discourse semiotics allows us to define this guiding holy word as a sacred discourse addressed to the reader and by analyzing linguistic operations and textual components based on tension and awareness, we provide a method to explain its implicit and indirect effects on the soul and soul of the reader and the motivation arising from it. The present research aims to explain the motivation and influence in addition to the epistemic function of the Qudsi word in Surah Al-Rahman, and for this purpose, after a brief review of the researches conducted on this Surah, by choosing the discourse semantic-semantic analysis method, an attempt has been made to examine the linguistic operations in Surah Al-Rahman, and then it analyzes the tension and epistemic axes of the text of the Surah at the two levels of the verses and the whole of the Surah, and finally summarizes the effects and influences. The motivation and knowledge of the text is on the audience. discourse; semiotic-semantic analysis of discourse; emotional pressure; Motivation

Chapter 1: Generalities of the research

1-1- Definition of the problem:

The Holy Quran is the last divine book and it was sent to guide mankind and all ages and nations, so logic dictates that the wise and powerful God has used a language that can be understood by all the people who are supposed to be guided. The mission of the Qur'an is the guidance of man, and since it was sent by the Almighty, it must be in such a way that it fulfills its mission in an efficient manner, and since a powerful and catchy language is needed to warn mankind, therefore, the Qur'anic language must contain the power to impress the audience and make them submit to religious orders and regulations.

Nowadays, attention to the language and discourse of the Qur'an has attracted the attention of many researchers, and among them, the knowledge of linguistics and Semiotics[1] is one of the new and effective sciences in the field of studying the language of the Qur'an.

Constructivist semiotics relied on an adversarial relationship. These relationships made us face closed and mechanical systems in the field of meaning. Because most of them were pre-determined semantic poles that were somehow proven in the studied text, but post-Gramsian semiotics considers meaning as a fluid flow that is defined based on a tension relationship. Accordingly, the sign [2] is a phenomenon that can fluctuate from zero to infinity. Such a fluid relationship, which is formed by the intersection of two quantitative and qualitative axes, also produces new semantic values. The reference to the phenomenological point of view[3] in the studies related to the sign comes from the fact that the French semioticians in the eighties realized this very important issue that pure formalism or the mere mechanical relationship between the signifier[4] and the signified[5] cannot answer many issues involved in investigating the mechanisms related to the world of sign-meanings[6]. Because without taking into account the "human situation", the existential aspect of the sign, the sensory-perceptual relationship with things, especially the biological and unique experience that is formed in the intersection with each sign and is the guarantor of the fluidity of meaning, it is not possible to investigate discourse systems. Because biological and intuitive experience causes the meaning to be different in different situations and according to the type of relationship we establish with things.Because biological and intuitive experience causes the meaning to be different in different situations and according to the type of relationship we establish with things. Due to these unstable features of meaning, the confrontational relationship gives way to a fluid relationship.

This research has considered the method of discourse semiotics and tense patterns for the study of Quranic discourse. Here, the text of the Qur'an is addressed directly in order to provide a new definition of the Qur'anic discourse from a modern point of view, and with emphasis on the structure and language of the Qur'an, to express the outline of the Qur'anic discourse for mankind, and to express its most important features and the impact and impression of this discourse, especially the discourse of Surah Al-Rahman, and to create motivation in addition to the creation of knowledge and understanding in this discourse. And its examination has been explained as a necessity in modern Quranic researches. The linguistic operation of the discourse, which is placed in the heart of the "sign-semantic" model[7], is a new perspective that can make researchers look at the Qur'an and its creator in a different way. The linguistic operations of the discourse [8] opens the researchers' eyes to new angles to present the reader with another reading of the Qur'an.

Regarding the importance of the linguistic researches of the Qur'an, it must be said that this discussion is a challenging scientific discussion and therefore, for our researchers, it is a new and new field in which many debates are raised in this regard, which must be properly paid attention to and discussed in the form of scientific reviews. There is no doubt that scientific research is very important in Islam, and it is clear that the thoughts, ideas and works of the researchers of any society form the scientific infrastructure of that society, and bring many scientific buildings and practical and experimental results. Therefore, if researchers and researchers associate good and acceptable moral values ??with their research issues; The scientific infrastructure of the society will have positive and permanent effects and results.

Thinking and thinking in the Qur'an is a methodical and harmonious understanding of the appearance of the Holy Qur'an. The Qur'anic and narrative recommendations based on the commitment to "consideration in the Qur'an" and the necessity of benefiting from the Qur'an as a miraculous and incorruptible book show the importance of addressing this issue.

Why tension theory[9] is of great importance in the studies related to signs-meanings and discourse today is a question that must be answered in the phenomenal and existential dimension of signs. The tense analysis of Quranic verses (case study of verses of Surah Rahman) showed that signs can no longer be considered mechanical, clichéd and have fixed meanings. Rather, we are faced with a process that confronts us with the pure experience of the actor [10] and the living flow of the formation of values. This is what we called the phenomenal dimension of the sign. This study showed that the flow of meaning-making is a dynamic and fluid flow and the road is an endless signpost.

The tension process, in its turn, creates extensive[11] (quantitative and cognitive), pressure[12] (qualitative and emotional), parallel and non-directed flows, and finally, these are the flows that cause the production of values. The tension process of discourse results in the fluidity of meaning, and the fluidity of meaning causes the fluidity of value. The most important achievement of the tension and value system of the discourse is that it does not consider the meaning to be based on purely conceptual and abstract relationships. Rather, he considers it as a flow that is obtained based on the biological and phenomenal experience of the actors in a dynamic and fluid process. This is why in such a system we are faced with the flow of meaning creation based on intuitive experience, sensory-perceptual presence, context, situation, culture, orientation, and action stance in the discourse.         

1-3- Research questions

The questions that arise regarding the analysis of the Qur'anic discourse and the semiotic-semantic study and the tense and value system of these verses are: What are the elements and constituents of the Qur'anic discourse? What is the mediating role of discourse in producing meaning in Surah Rahman? Indeed, how did the tension process work in Surah al-Rahman, and finally, how do the motivational and epistemological aspects of the Quran interact with each other to produce meaning?

Also, how do the discourse and tense and value atmosphere work in the visual discourse?

1-4- Research hypotheses

Relying on the approach of semantic signs and poststructuralist semiotics, we show that if a phenomenological perspective is used When studying a sign, all angles of its live presence can be studied