Persian Language and Literature
Mehdi Dashti
Volume 14, Issue 30 , September 2014, , Pages 35-55
Abstract
This paper is provided whit the aim of review and critique of "comparative review of religion and mythology in Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Khamseh of Nezami and Mantiq Al-Tayr of Attar" written by Dr.H.Zomorrodi professor at The University Of Tehran. The Results of this study , primarily is that the basis ...
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This paper is provided whit the aim of review and critique of "comparative review of religion and mythology in Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Khamseh of Nezami and Mantiq Al-Tayr of Attar" written by Dr.H.Zomorrodi professor at The University Of Tehran. The Results of this study , primarily is that the basis of the author in this book, is accepting an irrational and unscientific theory from some Western about religions and myths and their relationship with each other and how they are emerged, have been expressed. Second, Methods of author 's research is not based on the scientific methods , because on whole of the book, in each part, the author first brings some contents of the myths of various nations and then by cutting verses of Shahnameh or Khamseh or Mantiq Al-Tayr inspires that those texts are affected by those myths and they are revealed . Third, is the author’s neglect in connection with the Ferdowsi , Nizami and Attar and their firm as a conscious belief in Islam and Islamic culture manifested that seen in their workd from place to place which is totally different with myths and theories are the so-called mythology . The results of the author 's work is an attempt to show that there is a similarity between the great texts of Persian classical literature and the ideological view of Western Mythologists, and that they are nothing but Asatir Al-Avvalin.
