Investigating Projection in the form of allegory in Mantegho-al-Teir of Attar Neyshaburi

Subject Areas : Psychology (with literary and artistic features)

Fereshteh Rabie ¹ , Aliyeh Yousef Fam ² , Afshin Tayyebi ³

1 - PhD Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. (Responsible Author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kharazmi University, Qeshm.

Received: 2023-07-09 Accepted : 2024-10-15 Published : 2024-09-25

Keywords: Psychology, Projection, Attar Neyshaburi, Mantegho-al-Teir, Allegory,

Abstract :

projection exists in people's behavior, speech, and feelings, especially in Persian literature, and its effects are evident in human relationships with people and the outside world, which has been raised as one of the topics of psychology in recent centuries. Traces of this concept can be seen in classical works, especially Mantegho-al-Teir of Attar Neyshaburi in the story of Simurgh in search of Simurgh; allegorical and symbolic birds that embark on a perilous journey in search of the eternal and eternal beloved; A group of birds refuse to go on this path according to their inner vision and choose the unreal ideal and project their idea to the true beloved, and finally a small group reaches the beloved. The research method in this research is based on the objective, descriptive-analytical. The findings show that the form of projection is different according to the symbolic nature of the characters, and since there is unity of the subject in the whole work, the type of projections also follows the same subject, which is presented in the form of different worldviews of the characters. As a result, each of the characters have somehow projected their characteristics, thoughts and feelings in a favorable way and suppressed or denied their abilities.