Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Graduated with a master's degree in Persian language and literature, Criticism and Theory, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran
2 Persian language and literature, literature and foreign languages, Allameh Tabatabai, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Banugshesp name is an epic poem describing the bravery of Banugshesp, Rostam's daughter. This narrative is the first epic poem whose hero is a woman, and for this reason, it is different from the previous epic poems. The origin of Maureen Murdock's theory goes back to Joseph Campbell's hero's journey theory, but it differs from Campbell's hero's journey model in terms of the number of stages and its feminine nature, and the adaptation of this model in eastern stories is always accompanied by differences, and one cannot expect the trend of female heroes in literary works. The west is going through, it should be the same as what the eastern woman has gone through. By reading Banogshespnameh's poem based on Maureen Murdoch's theory of female hero's journey, we found that this work has a suitable capacity to adapt to the model of female hero's journey and can be a suitable platform for many psychological researches. The pattern drawn for the oriental woman is a circular pattern with three stages: a housewife, a searching woman, and a heroic woman. The aim of the present research is to examine the components in the system of Banogashsapnameh from the perspective of Murdoch's female hero's journey theory, as well as to examine the contrasts between the western female hero's journey and the eastern female hero's journey, which using the descriptive-analytical method, the female hero's journey theory and action The hero examines the story.