A Reflection of Kaveh’s Myth in Jamalzadeh’s “Rajol-e Siāsi” (“Politician”) Short Story

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Article 4, Volume 43, Issue 3, August 2010, Pages 119-146   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jls.v43i3.9355

Authors

Tahereh Khoshhal Dastjerdi^* ; Mohammad Chaharmahali

Abstract

This article reflects the mythical story of “Kaveh and Zahak” from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in the “Rajol-e Siāsi” short story, written by Sayyed Mohammad Jamalzadeh in his “Yeki Bood-yeki nabood” (“Once upon a Time”) collection, and discusses the similarities of the two. The foundation of the “Kaveh and Zahak” tale is the eternal battle between “good and evil” and, as the greatest and the most palpable of stories representing this mythical battle in the epic type, has been told by Hakim Ferdowsi, and has been reflected time and again in the history of our literature in the forms of poetry and prose.
With the start of the short story movement by Sayyed Mohammad Jamalzadeh in 1300AP/1921AD, this myth is seen in a satirical language. Nor Trope Fray’s method is used in order to analyse and interpret the conversion trends of epical myth into a modern sociopolitical satire, as well as to demonstrate the similarities and conflicts in the narrative structure of “Rajol-e Siāsi”, whch has been imitated to “Kaveh and Zahak”

Key words: Kaveh, Rajol-e Siāsi, satire, short story, myth, narrative.