Heroism is one of the main themes in popular Persian prose stories. The hero in these stories has characteristics that generally belong to the mythical beliefs and traditions of pre-Islamic and post-Islamic Iran. Many historical and social factors are important in the transmission of these traditions and beliefs but one of the most important ones is Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. In many cases, the acti...

shahnameh and the history of bal’ami are great and important literary works in iranian culture. these two works have many similarities and embody the history of iran from its beginning up to the authors’ time. the researches show that the sources and references that ferdowsi and bal’ami consulted were different. ferdowsi consulted the prose shahnameh of abou mansouri and the oral narratives; wh...

reasearches about ‘marriage’ in iranian epic literature has always been limited to shahnameh. in most of these researches, some rare but important motifs have been ignored and not been argued at all. in addition to shahnameh, the writer of this article has studied heroic poems and some prose texts. he has chosen eight samples of the marriage custom in these texts and has analyzed them.

tarikh-e jahangosha is the most important work about kharazmshahian and the mongols. utilising imagery, rhetoric, abundant persian and arabic poems, quranic verses and traditions, and proverbs have caused the prose to resemble poetry, fading its historical goals. here, quoting verses from the mythological parts of shahnameh, rostam and sohrab stories (37verses), and rostam and esfandiar (26 ver...

This paper traces the thematic units of science and technology in the songs of Humberto Gessinger. We conducted an analysis of three songs, according to the studies of the Bakhtin Circle, by observing the inclusion of words and expressions of science in this poetic production. It transpires from this analysis that by including these words into popular song, Gessinger brings echoes of scientific...

undoubtedly, macedonian alexander is one of the history makers and effective miens in the history and civilization of human being. it is surprising that independent works on alexander in persian literature are much more than any other historical or mythical figure. in addition to many historical texts which are talking about alexander,s life and personality in detail, eight works have been writ...

There is a paucity of neuroaesthetic studies on prose fiction. This is in contrast to the very many impressive studies that have been conducted in recent times on the neuroaesthetics of sister arts such as painting, music and dance. Why might this be the case, what are its causes and, of greatest importance, how can it best be resolved? In this article, the pitfalls, parameters and prospects of...

shahnameh(iranian nation epic), has been imitated by many of the poets and drew attentions in many cases, from the beginning, which it can be claimed no other work along with the iranian literary history, has been imitated or has been summarized as far as shanameh. these imitated works and anthologies, as independent ms with titles such as: gozide, kholase, montakhab of shahanameh which have be...

abstract bazel mashadi′s heydary attack is one of the earliest and most famous attack epics written in the twelfth century. bazel exploits the style and format of shahname in his masnavi, composed in twenty to thirty thousand verses. the poet, after chanting the praise of god, prophet and his successor (vali), verses the history of islam beginning from the prophet’s mission (be’sat) to the orde...