Gordāfarīd: A Psychoanalysis of a Literary Character
Subject Areas : Mytho
سعید
قشقایی
1
(استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد فسا)
محمدهادی
رضایی
2
(کارشناس ارشد زبان و ادبیات فارسی
دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد فسا)
Keywords: animus, literary psychology, Gordāfarīd, Complex of Castration, Artemis,
Abstract :
In this article the personality of Gordāfarīd, one of the heroines in the Shāhnāmeh is analyzed in the light of interdisciplinary approach, literary psychology and psychodynamics. First, based on theory of Freud about "complex of castration" the personality of Gordāfarīd, is analyzed with respect to her sexuality. In the second part and in the light of the Jungian archetype, animus, her masculinity is considered. Finally, in the third part, based on Shinoda Bolen's interpretation of an archetype, Artemis, her femininity is looked upon.
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