The Narrative Bases of the Fable Bahram & Golandam

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Assistant Professor Tarbiat Modares University

10.29252/kavosh.2008.2388

Abstract

Lyric is one of the most extensive literary genres. This field is the extended Persian lyric poetry and the continuation of iambic verse. Associating narrative with poetry and presenting it in the form of couplet poem and creating masterpieces such as Nezami’s Khamseh and Vis and Ramin made this field flourish. Bahram and Golandam is one of the lyrics that a poet named Aminoddin Mohammad with the pen name Safi from Sabzevar has recited in ninth and tenth centuries. The verse has been attributed to Shamsoddin Katebi Neyshaboori in some sources. In this article, the relation is rejected and after the account of the narrative, the verses and the person that has recited it are introduced. We also consider briefly its narrative motifs. The objective of this article is to introduce one of the famous verses in the opinion of people so that the readers may understand its stylistic and linguistic values and also its plots.   

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