Abstract
Fairytales are persisting cultural texts that as aliterary genre enjoy a wide appeal. Despite the fact that this genre is liked by many, it has tendency to be seen as basic entertainment for children. This paperaims at exploring how fairytales reflect different ideologies, hidden power agendas and cultural values that are of major concern in societies in which they operate. The study is built on Bartlett’s (2014) Systemic Functional Model for exploring field and subfield in the given fairytaleby applying Hallidiyan model of Transitivity (2004), to uncover the connections between language utilization and society’s suspicions andunderstandings. Further it explores howtextualpatterns contribute to the text as an affective piece of oratory by the use of continuity of referents and motifs. It is also concerned with the study of the relationship between language and the context in which it is used. The research aims to bring to light the ideological stereotypes that are reinforced in fairytales through the discourses of racism, patriarchy and social hierarchy in order tofind out the problematic issues that are associated with these ideologies through theanalysis of Aladdinand the WonderfulLamp. The analysis reveals the construal of power structures through the language of fairytale
Ifrah Ali,, Tazanfal Tehseem. (2016) Unravelling Power Relations and Ideologies: A Discourse-Based Analysis of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 18, Issue 1.
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