Document Type : Research paper
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University Of Guilan
Abstract
Signs form an important part of human consciousness and communication level and by playing a meaning-making role, especially in literature, in addition to their main role, they cause the expansion of meaning and the conscious effort of the audience to communicate with the text. The role of signs is more visible in texts that have a complex narrative structure and elements. It seems that after the experience of the Corona era and the dominance of the virtual communication space, which uses signs widely, the literature of the new age has gained the opportunity to benefit more from these facilities. Therefore, in this article, we are going to read the novel "The Tragedy of the Author of the Short Story" by focusing on the two geometric shapes of the square and the circle as signs. . In the present novel, in accordance with the general belief, the symbol of the square means the earth, stillness and the presence of man, while the symbol of the circle represents the sky, spirituality and time. But in some cases, we see the semantic overlap of these two signs and the author's attempt to expand their meaning. The results obtained during the research show that the author explains the events, characters and overall movement of the narrative by using the semantic field of these signs And when necessary, he adds new meanings to them.
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