خلاصه ماشینی:
"The article begins with a number of theoretical definitions of structuralist movements and their key terms, especially on the very concept of binary opposition, since the abundance of the examples of this concept in our structuralist reading of the play necessitates such an extended space for its definition.
Keywords: Afra or the Day Passes, structuralism, binary oppositions Theoretical Introduction This article is going to have a structuralist reading of the play Afra or the Day Passes by Bahram Beyzaei.
One of the major features of language, among other ones, on which structuralists base their ideas, is the fact that human being understands the meaning of the words in their relations to other words and mainly in opposition to other words.
Additionally, the reason why binarism is so pervasive in literature is that it can be applied to order the most heterogeneous elements: "when two things are set in opposition to one another the reader is forced to explore qualitative similarities and differences, to make a connection as to derive meaning from the disjunction" (Culler, 1989, p.
As this matter turns to an obsession for Afra, she asks her students to write a letter to their imaginary cousin and tell him that their lives are passing very difficultly and they need his help.
No one can accept the reality, the truth about what Shazdeh Badromolouk has in mind for the poor teacher who is leading an honorable life with her family when light is thrown on everything.
This outstanding opposition is the foremost cause of all that happens in the play ranging from Afra's and her family's illusion about the imaginary cousin to Shazdeh Badromolouk's proposing to Afra."