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 and 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
Yahaghi,M J , , Fatemi,S H , , Pour khaleghi Chatrudi,M , and Sheibanifar,R . "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
CHICAGO
M J Yahaghi, S H Fatemi, M Pour khaleghi Chatrudi and R 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
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 (In Persian). doi: 10.22067/jls.v44i2.12620
