امینه سادات آناهید

One type of literary criticism that has received attention in linguistic studies in the twentieth century is structuralist criticism. Accordingly, in structuralist criticism, we can examine the meaning of each phenomenon as a set of rules and a holistic view. One of the thinkers who developed new approaches in this field with the help of Ferdinand de Saussure's views is Roland Barthes. The result of Barthes' theorizing is the five codes model, which was published in one of his works called S/Z . Barthes’ five codes model is one of the best models that semioticians use to analyze texts and find the meaning of the text. Since the theory of codes can be used to analyze any type of narrative and story, this study attempts to provide information in a library-based manner and with a narratological approach to conduct a descriptive-analytical study of two Quranic stories. In this regard, we use two interpretive works, namely Kashf al-Asrar and Tafsir al-Tabari and several other literary commentaries, to analyze these two stories. This study shows that the general structure of Quranic narratives can be deciphered only by considering the structure of the text itself and without considering external factors, with the help of Roland Barthes' narrative codes. In addition, it was concluded that Quranic interpretation and the five codes both have a common goal. By going through the primary and superficial layers of the text, one can discover the inner meanings and reach the secondary layers of the text.