Analysis of the archetype of the miraculous childhood journey of the hero in the myth of Zal Joseph Campbell Pattern Pattern

Subject Areas : journal of literary criticism and stylistics research

shahrzad bahmani ¹ ( Ph.D. in Persian language and literature )

Received: 2023-10-03 Accepted : 2023-10-03 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Return, Departure, Zal story, archetype of hero's journey, arrival,

Abstract :

Influenced by the views of Jung and Freud, Joseph Campbell presented the archetype of the hero's journey to show that the hero's journey in the narrative-epic stories of different nations usually follows a fixed pattern. According to him, this model consists of three stages of separation, arrival and return, which is called the nucleus of a single myth. The aim of the present study is to determine the extent of Zal's miraculous childhood journey in Ferdowsi Shahnameh with this model. To achieve this goal, descriptive-analytical method and based on library sources, archetypes of Zal myth were studied with a focus on the theory of the hero's journey "by Joseph Campbell. The results of this study indicate the adaptation of this journey to the mentioned pattern, Although a small part of Campbell's pattern in this myth has been displaced or does not exist due to the hero's miraculous childhood journey