An alysis of the allegorical characters of Shahnameh from the perspective of Ferdowsi anthropological discourse
Subject Areas : Research Allegory in Persian Language and Literature
Rudabeh Musavi
1
,
Thorolah norouzi davoodkhani
2
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,
Alimohammad Moazeni
3
,
Nasrollah Zirak Goushlavandani
4
1 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal, Iran.
2 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty Member, University of Tehran
4 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran
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Abstract :
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh is a hypertext that depicts the identity of Iranian-Islamic man from pre-Islamic to the fifth century in an allegorical way. In processing the characters of Shahnameh stories, Ferdowsi consciously introduces two types of characters, good and evil, based on the discourses of the period. Each of the characters can be allegorically represented as a Scheme of negative and positive figures that have emerged due to class worldviews and power relations. Rostam and Afrasiab, as representatives of two groups of characters, due to the change in the literary type of the text and Ferdowsi's discourse with these characters, show an allegory of good and bad human components. Using allegory, Ferdowsi gives an allegorical form to some of the characters of Shahnameh and considers each of them as an allegory of one or more concepts, such as Rostam, Zahak, etc., each of which is an allegory of different concepts such as good and evil. Love, wisdom, religion, wisdom, etc. are other concepts that Ferdowsi, with an allegorical look, depicts his content and thoughts in order to manifest his anthropological thought
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