A comparative study of the mythical heroes Gershasb and Ulysses
Safora Mirbaha
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Farhanghi
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Ataollah koopal
2
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Department of Persian literature Literature faculty Iran Azad Islamic University Karaj Branch , karaj , Iran
)
Nastaran Saffari
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Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
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Shahrzad Sheyda
4
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Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
)
Keywords: comparative literature, Epic of Gilgamesh, myth and epic, Homer', s Odyssey, Odysseus and Garsasp.,
Abstract :
Acomparative study of the mythical heroes Gershasab and Ulysses The aim of comparative literature is to explore the creation, similarities, differences, and effects of literary works in order to achieve literary and heroic approaches and discover cultural commonalities and intellectual foundations. This research focuses on the three main themes of content, literary, and narrative similarities and differences between "Garsasp and Odysseus" and presents the social behavior of the heroes of these two epics, which have many similarities. Content similarities include crossing seas, triumph over destiny, death and the afterlife, dreams, and multiple battles against opposing forces and magic. Literary similarities include heroic spirit and myths, the struggle for self-preservation, and description. Narrative similarities present the narrative aspect and the stability of the characters. The article method is descriptive-analytical; it compares and contrasts the common indices of two epics, "Garsasp" and "Odysseus" by focusing on common themes such as traveling to the underworld and sudden sleep, supernatural creatures and warfare with demons and dragons. The researcher aims to explain the similarities between literary works and the use of content, literary, and narrative criteria in Iranian and Greek epics. Gilgamesh is the first epic in the world with the most fundamental human issues. The Homerian society of Greece was influenced by it, and it also influenced the Odyssey of Homer. Considering that every text is a transformed version of another text, our epic literature has undoubtedly also been influential.
