An Analysis on Emphasizing Female Personalities and Qualities from the Viewpoint of Ferdowsi and their Reflections in Baysanghari Shahnameh (Two paintings of Zal and Rudabeh and the Meeting of Ardeshir and Golnar)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in Farsi language and literature, Qaimshahr branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaimshahr, Iran.

2 Ph.D., Department of Persian Language and Literature, Qaimshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaimshahr, Iran.

10.22034/ias.2020.230810.1246

Abstract

The literature of every population express their attitude towards individual and social personalities and categories. Fiction is one of the most central branches of literature in Iran, the study of which plays an important role in recognizing cultural elements and perspectives. Fictional characters are presented in a literary text through the attribution of individual, social and cultural characteristics among many other features. In the meantime, dissimilar views on the personality of women can be percieved in the narrative and poetic chronicles of ancient Iranian literature. Examining the role of women in most popular epic stories, role-playing and reflecting their different appearances in the stories are among the topics that has always been debated by experts and researchers. One of the literary sources that has considered this issue is Baysanghari Shahnameh. This Shahnameh is the ancient version of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh belonging to the Timurid period, the ninth century AH, completed following the principals and innovations of the Herat (Khorasan) School of Painting. This research whilst following a descriptive-analytical method and collecting information via library method seeks to address various aspects of women's personality and traits, including love, fascination, beauty, charm, monarchy, patriarchy, marriage, conceit, chastity, infidelity and unfaithfulness. Examining the two paintings of "Zal and Rudabeh" and "The Meeting of Ardashir and Golnar" in the Shahnameh of Baysanghar are the main research material of this paper. The results of this study indicate that the presence of women in the Shahnameh of Baysanghari have given a distinct fairness to this famous poetic artwork; moreover, Ferdowsi has described women in his Shahnameh with more unique features than women of his time.

Research aims:
1. An analysis of female traits and personalities from Ferdowsi's point of view.
2. An identification of obvious examples of women's personalities and traits in the paintings of Baysanghari Shahnameh.

Research questions:
1. What aspects of female traits and personalities have Ferdowsi expressed in Shahnameh stories?
2. How are the traits and personalities of women reflected in the drawings of Baysanghari Shahnameh from Ferdowsi's point of view?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 18, Issue 42 - Serial Number 42
February 2021
Pages 235-259

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