This article aims at a comparative study of the structure of “Rostam and Esfandîâr" legend, based on Hansen's theory, as narrated by Ibn Moqaffa’, in Nihāyatu’l -irab and Ferdowsi, in Shāh-nāme. Accordingly first the narratives analogous to those of Ibn Moqaffa’, and Ferdowsi have been compiled while probing into the basic dissimilarities between them, like Rostam 's Zoroastrian faith or otherwise . Next, the structures of these stories have been analyzed at a general and specific level, according to Hansen. In conclusion, Ibn Moqaffa's narrative is found to be a historical one with a continual structure, whereas in the case of Shāh-nāme, being an esthetically poetic narrative, it has been subdivided into a few episodes.
Yahaghi, M. J., Fatemi, S. H., Pour khaleghi Chatrudi, M., & Sheibanifar, R. (2011). A Comparative Structural Study of Rostam and Esfandîâr In Nihāyatu’l -irab and Shāh-nāme. New Literary Studies, 44(2), 1-32. doi: 10.22067/jls.v44i2.12620
MLA
Mohammad Jafar Yahaghi; Sayed Hosein Fatemi; Mahdokht Pour khaleghi Chatrudi; Roghayeh Sheibanifar. "A Comparative Structural Study of Rostam and Esfandîâr In Nihāyatu’l -irab and Shāh-nāme". New Literary Studies, 44, 2, 2011, 1-32. doi: 10.22067/jls.v44i2.12620
HARVARD
Yahaghi, M. J., Fatemi, S. H., Pour khaleghi Chatrudi, M., Sheibanifar, R. (2011). 'A Comparative Structural Study of Rostam and Esfandîâr In Nihāyatu’l -irab and Shāh-nāme', New Literary Studies, 44(2), pp. 1-32. doi: 10.22067/jls.v44i2.12620
VANCOUVER
Yahaghi, M. J., Fatemi, S. H., Pour khaleghi Chatrudi, M., Sheibanifar, R. A Comparative Structural Study of Rostam and Esfandîâr In Nihāyatu’l -irab and Shāh-nāme. New Literary Studies, 2011; 44(2): 1-32. doi: 10.22067/jls.v44i2.12620
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