Analyzing the Narrative Function of Narrator Character in Hadith

Abstract

The study explores the narrative of Narrator Character in Hadith. The focus of the study was to explore the structural and functional aspects of the content of the Hadith in which the narrator is acted as character. The researcher uses Barthes model for Structural and functional Analysis of the selected Hadiths and for exploring the narrative phenomenon of narrator character in the Hadiths. Data was collected from the Bukhari Sharif (An Authentic Book of Hadith). The researcher analyzed the Hadiths and explored the role of narrator, spatial features, Mood, Discourse, Cardinal functions, catalyst, indices, setting and point of view in the Hadiths. The Analysis of the study shows the Hadiths in which Prophet (PBUH) acts as the narrator character and I-narrator 1st person objective makes it as Homodiegetic narratives. The data shows that in the Hadiths the narrator is given the role of Homodiegetic narrator. The setting of the Hadiths is formal and serious due to the theme under discussion. The study also reflects that in the Hadiths the I- narrator makes the narrative more authentic and narrator character in the Hadiths is an inspiration for the narrates as well. Moreover, the discourse is direct in the narrator character Hadiths and as far as functions are concerned both cardinal and catalysis functions are performed represent the actions in an effective manner.