The necessary of archetype role of the wise old man in education of the human

Subject Areas : شاهنامه

Mohammad Barani ¹ , Fatemah Teimoori ²

1 - دانشگاه سیستان و بلوچستان
2 - واحد علوم تحقیقات سیستان و بلوچستان

Received: 2014-04-30 Accepted : 2015-01-25 Published : 2015-12-01

Keywords: myth, Nizami, Eskandar Nameh, Educational doctorines, Yong, archetypes, Wise Old Man, Individuality Process,

Abstract :

Nizami Gnjavi’s works have been always considered as open and interpretable texts due to the complexity of meaning and language. As a result, it’s been analyzed in different perspectives. Archetype criticism of the literary works is a psychological one that has been common like the other interdisciplinary studies in the last decades. The review that studying the themes and images of the Jungian archetypes are in the human nature indicate the universality of human massage and poetry feelings. Emphasizing on the moral principles and trainings is one of the permanent principles of eternity for a work in the Orient. The main purpose of a poet in didactic poetry is the training of philosophy and morals, describing and explaining of the education, philosophic issues, thoughts, and inserting a lesson theme. Eskandar Nameh composed by Hakim Nizami Ganjavi is the manifestation of thoughts besides moral and philosophical principles. He composed the most valuable concepts of humanitarian. As an idealism thinker he raised the personality of hero; namely, Alexander, to help and guide a wise old up to an ideal man in his story. The behavioral characteristics of a human that reach to a perfection and each time this perfection is growing. In the present study with the help of Yung’s psychological school and the archetype, Nizami’s Eskandar Nameh has been studied and the role of old wise man in educational points has been taken into account.