A Comparative Analysis of Worldviews in Mythical and Epic Works of Shahnameh and Nibelungenlied
Subject Areas : شعرMasoud Salami 1 , Kambiz Safiie 2
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of German Language and Literature, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran
2 - PhD Graduate, Department of German Language and Literature, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran
Keywords: myth, شاهنامه, Shahnameh, اسطوره, حماسه, epic, جهان بینی, سرود نیبلونگن, Worldview, Nibelungenlied,
Abstract :
Myth and Epic as a genre in popular culture appeared prior to literature and have been closely tied to the nation’s literature. Despite many differences between men and cultures, their myths and epics are of great similarities. World literature is full of epic and mythic components. In Iranian and German literature also this issue is easily perceivable in Shahnameh and in Nibelungenlied’s song. In terms of cultural and linguistic aspects both are subsets of Hindu-Zhrmny languages add one could see a lot of similar components in them. This paper concerns firstly with the basic concepts and historical context of both them and then with the analysis of the worldviews and differences and features of these two everlasting works in Iranian and German literatures extensively.