Document Type : Original Article
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology and Religions, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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PH.D Student, Islamic Theology Teaching, Islamic Ethics Orientation, University of Quran and Hadith, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/hsr.2025.51740.1053
Abstract
Re-examining hadiths based on modern literary criticism theories is one method of accessing their structural aspects in the present era. Among these theories are those in the field of semiotics. This research employs a descriptive-analytical method to analyze ethical narratives concerning fairness based on Jakobson's theory. Based on Jakobson's theory of verbal communication, this research examines the various components of verbal communication in ethical narratives concerning fairness and explains their cognitive implications. The present study aims to answer the question of ‘Which of the six types of verbal communication functions are used in ethical narratives concerning fairness, and what are the cognitive functions of the various roles of verbal communication in these narratives?’ Explaining the cognitive and conceptual implications related to fairness narratives based on this theory of verbal communication indicates that the presence of elements of verbal communication, including the components of "Message," "Sender of the message," "Receiver of the message," "Subject," "Code," and "Contact," plays a significant role in encouraging audiences to adhere to instances of fairness in various areas of life. Fairness in ethical narratives, as an important ethical principle, can have different meanings depending on the context and audience, and has widespread effects on individual and social levels. Fairness, as one of the virtues of Islamic ethics, holds a special place in the three main axes of communication with oneself, God, and others. This review shows that in the process of producing and receiving the meaning of fairness, extra-linguistic factors, by being placed in the structure of empathy, reference, persuasion, and aesthetics, play an important role in conveying a tangible meaning of fairness.
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