Abstract

Each story is composed of a firm relationship between its surface structure and its constituent structure. In fact, the merit of any story is on the basis of its potent aesthetic values, and this in itself can promote its aesthetic values. So, the knowledge of narrative structure and description of anecdotal characters are one of the most important factors in literary researches. One of the new methods in establishing relationship between characters is Gremas's action pattern. Gremas, one of the theorists of structuralism, semanticist and follower of Vladimir Prop, produced a theory of action pattern. This pattern aims to show the role of characters and also, the meaning of the relationship between action and character. Action patterns are: sender, receiver, valuable object, preventing actor, assistant. Actor may be a person, an object or a group. The present article, after introducing Gremas's action pattern, deals with the investigation of three short stories by Nader Ebrahimi: Khanee baraye shab, Doshnam and Seda ke mipichad.