Comparing the Allegorical Story of Fenced Lady in Nezami's Seven Beauties with Archetypes of Hero's Journey
Subject Areas : Abstract ArticlesRaheleh Abdollah Zadeh Borzu 1 , Mohammad Reihani 2
1 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shirvan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiravan, Iran.
2 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shirvan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiravan, Iran.
Keywords: allegory, Hero's Journey, Keywords : archetypes, fenced lady, Nezami's Haft Peykar,
Abstract :
Abstract This paper is intended to compare the allegorical story of fenced lady in the Haft Peykar of Nezami with the archetypes of the hero's journey and Campbell's theory. Campbell considers the mythological hero's journey based on the unit model consisting of three sections of departure, initiation, and return. In this study, having reported the key points and telling Campbell's story, we indicated that the journey of young prince who was going to pass the gate of the city for hunting also follows this pattern. With leaving the soul, he gets aware of the intricate path and its obstacles. With the help of an old wise man, he acquires the necessary knowledge to void the spell and find the hidden door of the castle. Then he runs for the fenced lady. Marrying the goddess in this story is a little different compared with hero's journey pattern; because marrying the goddess and obtaining the final blessing, the hero returns back to his people to accomplish his mission. Archetypes of wise man and helping elements, whisperer women etc. With the symbolic elements, the numbers of one, two and three, the ring, dough, milk, drum beat, mountain, earrings, cave, pearl etc. reinforce the archetype of hero.
فهرست منابع و مآخذ
_||_