The aim of the present research is to study syntactic category of grammatical voice in the short story “Ghafas” by Chubak. An author’s thought is always associated with his or her syntactic style. Regarding this association, the dominant view of an author like Chubak can be explained. “Ghafas” maps a world which is based upon the struggle for existence metaphor and the image of the chickens as well as the roosters kept in the cage is an allegory of the human society. Results showed that the most frequent grammatical voice in this story is a passive voice (80%), and its high frequency reveals Chubak’s view of the human as proactive creatures that do their best to liberate themselves from biological determinism they are stuck in and who struggle for life. However, since they are affected by strong forces and determined rules, they inevitably have to be passive and receptive to these forces. It should be noted that even the apparently active grammatical voices are passive within the implicit meaning and part of the active grammatical voice states Chubak’s view and thoughts of death that destiny or death is constantly busy with the action of killing people, destroying them one after the other and people have no choice but to surrender to this inevitable fate. Thus, believing in determinism, destiny and fate as well as people’s unsuccessful attempts to liberate themselves emerges in passive grammatical voices, which can be representative of naturalistic view of Chubak.
Ebrahimi, S., & Ghorban Sabbagh, M. R. (2014). The Syntactic Stylistics of Sadegh Chubak’s Ghafas Based on Grammatical Voice. Research in Western Iranian Languages and Dialects, 2(5), 85-104.
MLA
Shima Ebrahimi; Mahmood Reza Ghorban Sabbagh. "The Syntactic Stylistics of Sadegh Chubak’s Ghafas Based on Grammatical Voice". Research in Western Iranian Languages and Dialects, 2, 5, 2014, 85-104.
HARVARD
Ebrahimi, S., Ghorban Sabbagh, M. R. (2014). 'The Syntactic Stylistics of Sadegh Chubak’s Ghafas Based on Grammatical Voice', Research in Western Iranian Languages and Dialects, 2(5), pp. 85-104.
VANCOUVER
Ebrahimi, S., Ghorban Sabbagh, M. R. The Syntactic Stylistics of Sadegh Chubak’s Ghafas Based on Grammatical Voice. Research in Western Iranian Languages and Dialects, 2014; 2(5): 85-104.
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