In the mythical-epic story of Siavash in Shāhnāmeh, "opposition" is an impressive concept and shows itself in the relationships between characters and events. Based on the theory of Lévi-Strauss, in this story, the basis of all events is two opposed principles: " More
In the mythical-epic story of Siavash in Shāhnāmeh, "opposition" is an impressive concept and shows itself in the relationships between characters and events. Based on the theory of Lévi-Strauss, in this story, the basis of all events is two opposed principles: "attribution of high value to kinship relations" and "attribution of low value to kinship relations". There are two kind of "opposition" in the story. 1. Internal opposition that refers to confrontation between Sudabeh and Siavash in the land of Iran and the harem of Kai Kāvus; this opposition provokes Siavash's pride and then his rejection; also it refers to the battle between Kai Khosrow and Fariborz, and Tus and Goudarz's controversy in favor of the two characters in the succession of Kai Kāvus. The cause of this confrontation is kinship and blood-relationship or, as Lévi-Strauss says, "attribution of high value to kinship relations". 2. External opposition that refers to the conspiracy of Garsivaz and the quarrel of Afrasiab with Siavash that leads to the death of Siavash. The cause of this confrontation is enmity and hostility or, as Lévi-Strauss says, "attribution of low value to kinship relations". Also, the principle of "attribution of high value to kinship relations" refers to the dream of Afrasiab and Siavash and the principle of "attribution of low value to kinship relations" refers to the dream of Piran Viseh and Goudarz Kashvad.
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The bipolar and the contrasting theory of structure has been affected from constructional theory and Claude Levi-Strauss is the most significant theorist of this domain who by the analysis of the corners and dimensions of man's e More
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The bipolar and the contrasting theory of structure has been affected from constructional theory and Claude Levi-Strauss is the most significant theorist of this domain who by the analysis of the corners and dimensions of man's existence confronts the surrounding world. He believes that the structure of human mind, to understand the phenomena, puts every continuum in the dual opposite poles and this comprehensive mental action, ultimately, leads to dual contrasting. This approach is also seen in our mystical literary tenets. Since Maulana himself is a the founders of Islamic mysticism, his Mathnavi is a very valuable resource to talk about the mystical teachings which are overfilled with contrasting relations of apparent and internal senses together with allegorical language in the mold of fiction and by analyzing them one can illustrate Maulana's ideas in the field of anthropology. In this research, by descriptive-analytic method, and dual relations of Levi-Strauss, contrasting senses of external and internal ideas in the Mathnavi of Maulana as two opposing interactions, which have impact on each other have been studied.
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According to the structural mythology approach, myths through the intermediary elements that they present try to remove the conflict that exists between the binary opposites. These intermediary elements constantly go to and fro from one opposite to the other so that thr More
According to the structural mythology approach, myths through the intermediary elements that they present try to remove the conflict that exists between the binary opposites. These intermediary elements constantly go to and fro from one opposite to the other so that through struggle and merging with one side or both sides find a unity to neutralize the existing conflict or rather make them less pronounced. This essay introduces the structural theory of Levi-Strauss in myth analysis and applies it to Jamshid’s story as an example to illustrate to what extent this theory functions in analysis of Persian myths. Accordingly Yameh/ Jam is a myth formed in the minds of Indians and Iranians to try and overcome the conflict between life and death by a return journey to both ends, that is man’s mortality and a wish to attain everlasting life. Although the myth cannot overcome the existing conflict completely, eventually it turns into a manifested hybrid of both the concept of life and death which was named “live death”.
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