Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
2 MA student in Persian Language and Literature, Guilan University , Rasht, Iran
Abstract
In Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis, naturalization refers to the process through which ideologies and power relations in discourse are presented as “natural,” “self-evident,” or “normal.” This concept demonstrates how language and discourse can unconsciously instill certain beliefs and values in individuals so that they accept them as “common sense” without questioning them. Violence—understood as deviant behavior involving coercion and harm—may manifest physically or more subtly through speech, gaze, or specific gestures. Houshang Moradi Kermani is one of the most prominent contemporary Iranian authors of young adult novels, widely admired for his fluid and appealing narrative style. According to the authors of this article, one of the notable features in most of his works is the naturalization of anger and violence. The point of concern is that when an author repeatedly represents anger and violence as everyday and inevitable, the audience may perceive them as ordinary rather than subject to critique.
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