Some stories about "Dash Akel" (in search of his historical personality)

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1 Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Yasouj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature at Yasouj Islamic Azad University

Abstract

"Dash Akol" is one of the famous stories of Sadegh Hedayat (1281-1330). We can consider this work, along with "The Blind Owl" (1315 AH), as the most famous fictional works of Hedayat and the hero himself, the most personified fictional character of his stories, but also the entire contemporary Persian fiction literature. This story is the story of one of Shiraz's Lotians, whose name is "Dash Akol". The present discussion is organized in pursuit of two goals: First, to collect the scattered narratives about the personality of "Dash Akol", which includes the written and oral narratives common among the people of Shiraz. Second: categorizing these narrations and trying to reach his external and historical personality and clarifying the point that Sadiq Hedayat has been inspired and influenced by various historical narrations and personalities in processing his story.

Regarding the historical figure of Dash Akol, in general, three categories of narratives (and analysis) can be seen, two of which are the main narratives and one is an individual narrative. The authors of this speech believe that "Dash Akol Sadiq Hedayat is a combination of the characters of the first and second category of narrations, that is, the essence and body of his character is the same as the character of the first category of narrations (Akbar Daei-Mohammed); And his love and death is taken from the life of the second character (Looti Marjan).

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Research in Narrative Literature

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Available Online from 25 November 2024

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