Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Roghaye Vahhabi Daryakenari ¹
• Maryam Hoseini ²

¹ PhD Student, Department of Persian Language & Literature, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

² Professor, Department of Persian Language & Literature, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The "alien- enemy" archetype in cultural history of Iran often emerges in different forms and examples of hostility and alienation such as Tatar and Mongol. Mongol savagery and brutality on Iranians, was so severe that after a hard attack and murder and plunder, for centuries, they were an example for each type of attack. Gradually Mongols' attacks changed from historical form and remained in a mythical form in our literature and culture. This article describes how the myth of Mongol formed in our cultural history and signifies the issue, in particular, in the works of "Bahram Beyzai". The main feature of his fictional narratives is an active participation of women in the context of the narration. The purpose of this study is analyzing the struggle of "champion- trickster" women, against the myth of the Mongols, in the "Bahram Beyzai" narrations. Plays and screenplays that are considered in this study include: “Fathnameye kalat”, “mire kafanpush tales”, “ayyare tanha”,”ayyarname” and “tarajname”. The research is descriptive- analytical, so that at first we will express the way that Beyzai uses to describe myth of the Mongols, then five works that are particularly about women's struggle with Mongol in the narrations, will be analyzed.

Keywords

• Ayyar women
• Bahram Beyzai
• Mongol myth
• Play
• Script

Main Subjects

• Literature