1. introduction in epic narratives, heroes have a specific and key role in the processing of epic development. some heroes’ roles are based on the situation in which they have been created. thus, the epic narrator states their life journey from the beginning to the end in a vicissitude process. however, some heroes do not have a specific position in epic stories as they appear as a thunder in s...

magical medicine in shahnameh ferdowsi is briefly examined in the present paper. initially, the magical treatment in general will be explained following which the magical treatments mentioned in particular in the shahnameh will be dealt with. the phoenix is responsible for most of the incredible magical treatments prescribed in the shahnameh. the first part of the paper concerns with topics inc...

Narrative process and its narrative mechanisms help the reader make sense of the way events happen in a story. Using repeating images in the text of a story is a method of narrative development.  In Shahnameh, dealing with the world and images it gives rise to is one of the central motives of the text. The narrator in different parts of the poem seems captivated by the image of the world and th...

One of the most important aspects struggle warriors and in epic works is arrogance that called by comrades before start hand-to-hand battle. It accompanied pride ancestry, race, ridicule. Ferdowsi's Shahnameh full unique has given its poet a special place with various skills, so these styles have been welcomed imitated poets after Ferdowsi. In meantime, Bahmannameh written Iranshah Ibn Abi Al-K...

ferdowsi's shahname (one of the most valuable literary works in iran and in the world) can be studied from different viewpoints. this important literary work can be analyzed from various dimensions including literature, sociology, mythology and elements of the story. one quite new aspect which can lay the ground for research in shahnameh and can be very useful and give great results to us ...

banugoshasb-nameh is a national epic poem written in imitation of ferdowsi's shahnameh about banugoshasb's life and courage, daughter of rostam. the poem, the only epic in persian literature is the central story of a heroic woman. most researchers, who have studied this poem, have focused on the presence of banugushasb in the context of epic and her heroism. they sometimes related her...