Semiotics of cultural memory "One Thousand and One Nights" and " One Thousand and one days"

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

reza taheri ¹ , Ismail Azar ² , sara Zirak ³

1 - PhD Candidate in Persian Language and Literature at thr Islamic Azad University of Tehran Sciences and Research, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor in Persian Language and Literature at thr Islamic Azad University of Tehran Sciences and Research, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor in Persian Language and Literature at thr Islamic Azad University of Tehran Sciences and Research, Tehran, Iran. [e-mail]

Received: 2022-02-09 Accepted : 2022-02-09 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: "One Thousand and One Nights", "One Thousand and One Days", "Cultural Semiotics", "Himself and other", "Semiosphere",

Abstract :

 One Thousand and One Nights and One thousand and one days are Persian folk literature and the meaningful part of the historical memory of the Iranian people. These two works, which were created in the context of the Persian language and the Iranian (Himself)  Semiosphere to create the norm and order of the cultural system, In the translation process They surprised other culture and Over time, they greatly influenced world literature. These two works, with the Insignia similar, signifier arrangement and semantic guidance in the Semiosphere and similar texts in Persian tales, making this question , how is the relation the relationship between these two works and in memory of the text of world literature? So, this research has a descriptive analytical approach based on Yuri Lutman's theory of cultural semiotics: Study of bilateral and calico relationship between different sign systems, Affected by examining translations and texts of these two works In the cultural memory of world literature. and concludes: The cultural signs of these works has the representation of conflict, tolerance and Iranian man’s dialogue with nature, society and with Adjacent cultures. The translation of these stories was the discourse of Iranian culture with other cultures. The beginning of this discourse was accompanied by the repetition and sequence of translation production, Then, by influencing the method of producing new texts based on the pattern of Iranian stories, the automation and its reflection in other cultures, it caused the evolution of those cultures.