Comparison and Adaptation of Alchemist novel by Paulo Coilo and "Zamzam" Story by Reza Amirkhani

The most important literary criticism is comparative study of literary works. The present article's purpose is to peruse the similarities between the ''Alchemist'' novel by Koilo and "Zamzam" story by R. Amirkhni. There are many similarities in the structure of these two stories, some of which can be found in other works such as Masnavi of Mulavi and Shams Collection, Articles Shams, Attar's Conference of the Birds logic (mantegh olteyr), ajayebname of Mohammad Mahmoud Hamadani and etc. The common areas of aforementioned stories including: spontaneous inner desire to normalize the conditions in the society, the uncompleted love in other, The role of honest dream in the plot story, higher metaphysical truth, the resolution at the end of stories… and the common aspects of two main stories; such as gender and age range of the similarity of the main characters, personalities and. authors introduce minor characters, human and spiritual presence influences, addressing the issue of spirituality in the modern world...