ferdowsi and the modern discourse of iran (shahname and its role in establishment of iranian identity in contemporary period)

when the army of iran was defeated by russian army, iranians began to know the western culture and thoughts and so the pre modern discourse was replacedby the modern discourse. the result of this revolution was ignorance of normal rules of past and important people. in this period some diplomatic and literary rules were rejected, and some famous poets as sadi and molavi were credited too. just ferdowsi and his work, shahname, in despite of the discrepancies with modern discourse, were glorified. the most important reason of this glorification is establishment of a national and modern government that nationalism was making is steady. and pahlavies (the father and son) were supporting. a national government needed somfondations such as the same history, language and country. these are the elements of a national system seen mostly in shahname than the other works. so in this period ferdowsi and his shahname were glorified.