Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Bu Ali University of Hamadan
10.29252/kavosh.2009.2464
Abstract
Epic and Tragedy in their various forms have been considered as the oldest literary figures in different cultures in the world of literature. However, the accounts given to them had not changed so much from the time of Aristotle. In this article, an attempt has been made to analyze epic and tragedy and describe their features in a new way. To do so, Kalidar’s novel by Mahmoud Dowlat Abadi is selected as a tragic and epic work to be compared with older tragedies and epics. By comparing the features of old tragedies and epics with Kalidar, not only would their differences be appeared but also the old and new views would be compared In this manner common features of epic and tragedy would be written, and used to compare every tragedy or epic regardless of their time and location. For completing this discussion, the views of some critics like Aristotle, George Lukacs, Henry Miller and Ande Bonnard are used.
Shiri, G. (2009). A Critical View on Epic and Tragedy Based on Dowlat Abadi’s “Kalidar”. Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature, 10(18), 49-69. doi: 10.29252/kavosh.2009.2464
MLA
Ghahraman Shiri. "A Critical View on Epic and Tragedy Based on Dowlat Abadi’s “Kalidar”". Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature, 10, 18, 2009, 49-69. doi: 10.29252/kavosh.2009.2464
HARVARD
Shiri, G. (2009). 'A Critical View on Epic and Tragedy Based on Dowlat Abadi’s “Kalidar”', Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature, 10(18), pp. 49-69. doi: 10.29252/kavosh.2009.2464
VANCOUVER
Shiri, G. A Critical View on Epic and Tragedy Based on Dowlat Abadi’s “Kalidar”. Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature, 2009; 10(18): 49-69. doi: 10.29252/kavosh.2009.2464
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