The Function of Codes in the Interpretation of “Rooster” A novel written by Ebrahim Golestan According to Roland Barthes Semiotics Approach

According to Roland Barthes, text is a system of signs. To analyze it, he supposed the reader as an active producer of the text, rather than a passive consumer, to establish the structure of the narration due to existing evidences in the story. Barthes did not analyze the structure of the text in s/z, but just study the structuring by cutting the text into small units to find out how interwoven codes create a text. He defines five major codes that form a network of meaning in the text; this network, in turn, provides a framework for analyzing not only Sarrasine, but also all texts. In this paper, we study the 
structuring of a small part of “Rooster”, a work by Ebrahim Golestan. Then we go through the text, denote where and how different codes of meaning function, explore and demystify the link between a sign and its meaning. We, as Barthes did in his work, will establish the overall system out of which all individual narratives are created, using specific "codes" that thematically, semiotically, and etc. make a literary text "work". We systematically notes and explains the usage of each of these codes as they occur. As a result, we do not ignore the reader’s interpretations of a text, which can changean infinite number of times, and every reader may have a different interpretation according to how read these basic codes.