Study of Freud’s Defense-Psychological Mechanisms in Garshaspname by Asadi Tusi

Subject Areas : psychology of art and literature

Sattar Abdollahpour ¹ , mohamad tayer ghodsi ²

1 - Assistant professor Department of Persian Language and Literature, Miandoab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Miandoab, Iran
2 - Assistant professor Department of Persian Language and Literature, Miandoab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Miandoab, Iran

Received: 2024-11-28 Accepted : 2025-01-01 Published : 2025-02-07

Keywords: Garshaspname Asadi Tusi, Psychology, Frustration & Conflict, Defense-Psychological Mechanisms Freud.,

Abstract :

Defense-psychological mechanisms are employed unconsciously to make a psychological balance between humans and their surrounding environment. These mechanisms are more pronounced in conditions of stress, anxiety, and failure. Considering that war is a great source of stress, anxiety and failure, and these components appear in epopee; Therefore, the epopee "Garshasbnameh of Asadi-Tusi" is one of the best sources to identify and prose defense-psychological mechanisms. This paper uses a descriptive-analytical method to study and analyze the defense- psychological mechanisms in this epopee. This paper aims to answer the main question of what mechanisms have used by fictional characters when facing failures and conflicts, and the reasons for using these mechanisms to be identified with a quantitative examination and help to identify more deeply the characters of this epopee. The results of this study show that in this epopee, aggression, contempt and Omnipotence have been used the most, especially by Garshasb, which can be considered as an attempt to get the title of world heroism and Zahak pleasure.

 

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