Linguistic and ideological characteristics of Banoo-Goshasb-Name

Salehi Mazandarani, Mohammad Reza; Sharoon, Somayyeh

Linguistic and ideological characteristics of Banoo-Goshasb-Name

Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 6
Spring 2019

Pages 4-26

Critique, Analysis and Aesthetics of Texts

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Reza Salehi Mazandarani ¹

Somayyeh Sharoon ²

¹ Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.ahvaz,Iran

² PhD student of Persian language and literature, Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz.ahvaz,Iran

Abstract

Banoo-Goshasb-Name is an epic poem whose subject matter is the life and prowess
of Banoo-Goshasb, the daughter of Rostam, and is the only Iranian national epic that
its hero is a heroine lady. In scientific research, the determination of the true value of
a work depends to a large extent on stylistics studies; therefore, the style of the epic
poems has always been of interest to Persian literature scholars and in many
researches they have been dealing with the epic and especially the epics that have
been written in imitation of Shahnameh in subsequent periods. This research, which
has been conducted with a thorough study based on stylistic studies, aims to show the
linguistic and ideological characteristics of Banoo-Goshasb-Name as one of the epic
poems of Iran. An accurate and detailed examination of all verses of this poem, based
on the narrators' stories and what was said on the language of the legacies of the
Persian culture of Iran, showed that this work, whose author is unknown, was among
poems that has been somewhat successful in imitation of Ferdowsi. The themes of
romance and grandeur, indulgence, the influence of religious thoughts and prayers,
the passing of the code of marriage by the priests, patriarchy, and the mention of some
ethical points are among the most important contents and ideologies of this poem

Keywords

Composing epic poems

Stylistics

Banoo-Goshasb-Name

linguistic and ideological characteristics