A Comparison of the Story of “Rostam and Sohrab” with the Play “Cuchulain”

Subject Areas : شعر

Muhammad Pashaei ¹

1 - Graduated from Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch

Received: 2012-09-19 Accepted : 2012-09-19 Published : 2010-05-01

Keywords: Comparative literature, ادبیات تطبیقی, رستم و سهراب, تأثیر و تأثر, هم گرایی, کوهولین, Interplay, Rostam & Sohrab, Ethnic language, William Butler,

Abstract :

Comparative literature is researching on relations and connections of the literatures of different nations of the world and their intellectual and literary exchanges. The main duty of comparative literature is depicting these relationships and literary connections in order to give them a fresh identity to reach in friendship between nations. The present article tries to analyze and compare the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab from Hakim AbulGhasem Ferdowsi the fourth century poet with the play “Cuchulain” from William Butler Yeats the famous 19th century Irish famous author. Although these stories are written in two different eras there are similarities in them. In both these stories the hero kills his son in the battle while he is not aware of this fact.