Abstract:
Iranians are the people with ancient traditions and culture. Their folkloric works are rich and reflective of their beliefs. So far، there have been various approaches to the study of folklore، each focusing on different aspects such as content، structure، style، language، and so on. The present article studies “the unity of form and content” in popular tales، concentrating on two of them، chosen from Jame’ al-Hekayat. Its main purpose، which distinguishes it from the previous researches on the subject، is to find the relationship between content and form، the way they match in the course of a tale، the process of forming a tale، and the elements involved in forming the Iranian ancient tales.
Machine summary:
Scientific-Research Quarterly "Persian Language and Literature Research" Sixteenth Issue, 18-801:9831 Date of Receipt: 71/30/8831 Date of Acceptance: 11/80/8831 Stylistics of Old Iranian Tales; Investigating the Constructive Elements of Content and Form in Old Iranian Tales Based on Two Stories from Jami' al-Hikayat Jamshid Mazaheri* Mohammad Reza Nasr Esfahani** Arman Manasarian*** Abstract The people of the Iranian land are a people with deep-rooted and ancient culture and traditions.
If we can assume the existence of two parts—content and form—for every artistic and literary work (two parts that are simultaneously related and connected to each other), then, to clarify the essence, scope of action, and mode of action of these two domains and the role of the constructive elements embedded within them, we must—initially, in the assumed manner—decompose the organic unity of the tale for stylistic analysis and then separately examine the two elements of content and form and the fundamental role of both in creating the organic unity of the story.
In the initial plot of the story of Salim Johari, every incident has caused the next incident to arise; or, for example, in the main plot of the story, Salim is imprisoned because they found him at night in someone else's shop, or in the tale of Habib Attar, Alqamah is injured because he disobeys, and after that, the woman brings the injured man to her house, or this same woman falls in love with Habib Attar and because of the problems she had with her aunt and sister-in-law, she betrays her husband betrays him, and the narrator has explained these problems to the audience before this event occurs.
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