Criticism of the Rewritten Story of Zal and Roodabeh From the Perspective of Text and Image

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Assistant Professor of Persian Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

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Shahnameh is considered as one of the noble and valuable works of Persian literature and it is always mentioned as a document of Iran's national and cultural identity. Introducing national and mythological figures in rewriting the stories of the Shahnameh is necessary for the children's age group. It helps the child audience to well identify national and epic heroes. The interesting point in these rewritings is that although Ferdowsi's art of storytelling and illustration is one of the prominent features of Shahnameh; Is it necessary to illustrate Shahnameh stories for children and teenagers with various images and methods? How can the audience find out their true character and identity among the different and diverse images of the heroes? And imitate them? In the rewritten stories of the Shahnameh, various depictions of national and mythological heroes have been presented; but they have not been able to introduce them to the audience as befits the Shahnameh and the mythological characters. Presenting the faces and physical and internal characteristics appropriate to the mythical characters is an important issue that should be more addressed in the rewritings. The purpose of this research is to review the rewritten story of Zal and Roodabeh from the perspective of text and image by analyzing the content of the text and examining library documents. The results of the research showed that the type of clothing, the color of the clothes and the design of the appearance of the characters do not match the original text and illustrations of the Shahnameh, and the children's audience is faced with different images of Zal's character in the stories.

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Research on Fictional Literature
Volume 11, Issue 4 - Serial Number 42
January 2023
Pages 163-182

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