خلاصة:
By introducing the theory of individuality, Jung has opened a new chapter in literary criticism and provided a forum for the activities of many contemporary theorists, including Joseph Campbell. Campbell, enumerate one of the common themes in myths that have a similar structure to each other and follow the single target as the hero's adventurous journey and according to that brought up the monomyth theory. In this research, enlisting from the myth criticism method and according to Campbell's classification, the hero's journey in Sam Nameh’s poem that occurs in romantic adventure format was checked. Findings of research show that although the order of total pattern is not observed in this journey and all of the levels were not performed completely, the hero's journey differs slightly from Campbell's pattern. The hero at his own symbolic journey, with the discovery and recognition of the unknown and damaged aspects of his own psyche, was able to shape his shattered and unbalanced character by passing beyond the boundaries of his - limited- self and experiencing his own individuality by psychological evolution.
ملخص الجهاز:
Mythological Criticism of the Hero's Journey in the Sam Nameh Epic Based on Campbell's Model Zahra Asghari PhD student in Persian Language and Literature, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran Reza Sattari Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran Abstract Jung, by presenting the theory of the individuation process, opened a new path in the field of literary criticism and provided a platform for the activity of many theorists, including Joseph Campbell.
In this research, by employing the method of mythological criticism and in accordance with Campbell's classifications, the hero's journey in the Sam Nameh epic, which unfolds in the form of a romantic adventure, has been examined.
(Taheri and Aghajani, (1392) The adventures of Iran's epic and national poems, which are rooted in the collective unconscious and formed based on ancient mythological beliefs in the form of tales and stories, are reflections of the popular views that in primitive societies had specific conceptions regarding the confrontation of forces of good and evil, the actions of gods, heroes, and mythical creatures; therefore, a large portion of the content of these epics includes the description of the adventures and battles of heroes with foreign elements.
In this research, we aim to examine Sam's adventurous journey, the hero of the poem, and how he achieves individuality from the perspective of mythocriticism and in accordance with Campbell's theory, and to analyze the role of archetypes in his personality development.
Mythological criticism of the hero's journey in the Sam Nameh poem based on Campbell's pattern.