Abstract:
The Iranian and the Armenian are two nations of rich folkloric heritage، which reminder of the rise and fall of their history. The objective of the present article is to introduce the features of form and content of “Anahid” and “Kermanian Princess”. Their contrast shows that the two nations’ common grounds and motives was the main factor in their development. Clearly، one of these societies might have been the origin of the narratives. The research method is library based. Our main references for analysis of “Kermanian Princess” and “Anahid” were “Jame’-ol-Hekayat”، a manuscript of the late 10th H. and early 11th H.، and the famous book of “Armanian National Narratives” by the well-known Armenian folklorist، Qazares Aqayan، respectively. In the present research، we have studied the content، structural، and folkloric features of narratives based on Vladimir Propps theory، cited in his “The Theory and History of Folklore”.
Machine summary:
"In literary custom, Naqizah refers to a type of literary parody in which the poet or writer imitates the style, form, and mode of expression of a specific writer or poet, but instead of the serious and weighty literary subjects of the original work, includes completely contrary and trivial matters so that, ultimately, the original work is answered in a mocking way" (Nikbakht, 1380: 99).
In other words, Naqizah can be considered a type of jest and response: "Naqizah 1 is a type of response given by imitating another literary work, in which the Naqizah-maker (poet or writer) - while maintaining the similarity of the Naqizah (imitated text) with the original/imitated work - mocks or makes the style, tone, attitude, or thoughts of the poet/writer appear ridiculous" (Anusheh, 1379: 1376).
In this kind of classification, "parody imitates the serious tone or general characteristics of a specific literary work, the particular style of a specific author, or the stylistic features or other characteristics of a serious literary genre and applies them to a funny and inappropriate subject" (Abrams, 2009: 36).
Mock epic "is a type of parody [and at the same time burlesque] that uses the delicate form and dignified style of the epic literary genre for a trivial and low subject" (Abrams, 2009: 36).
In any case, revising the definition of parody in English literature, taking into account the methods of twentieth-century literary criticism, can assist in the scope of application of this definition on one hand, and in the hermeneutics and interpretation of texts on the other.
In traditional definitions, the subject of parody can be a literary genre or a specific work.
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