Towards a Discursive Analysis of Cyrus’s Charter and His Will: A Critical Discourse Analysis

This study took a critical discourse analysis approach to investigate vocabulary feature, themes, and topics used in Cyrus Charter and Will. The analytical model was based on Norman Fairclough’s (1989) framework. The findings of this study indicated Cyrus as the first founder of human rights, protected emancipation, brotherhood, equality and peace in the world through his charter. Moreover this charter had essential role in reflecting Persian rich culture toward other nations. It seems that by resorting to this charter, most of the ethnic and religious conflicts in modern world could be settled down. Also United Nations can keep peace by applying such rules in the world. In data analysis Spss’s bar chart was used to analyze data.