A comparative study of the stories of Kalileh and Demeneh and Marzban Nameh in the works of Mehdi Azarizdi

Dissertation for Master's degree (M.A)

Trend: Persian language and literature

Abstract

Children's and adolescent literature refers to works that, both in terms of content and structure, as well as in terms of language and style of expression, meet the needs, interest The aptitudes and reading abilities of children and teenagers should be appropriate.

Mehdi Azarizdi is one of the writers who has shined well in the field of children's and teenagers' literature, and his collection of works can be analyzed and reviewed in terms of using ancient texts and Persian books. This research; It is devoted to the analysis of the structure and content of the stories written by this author based on the books of Kalileh, Demaneh and Marzban, and it is organized in four chapters. In the first chapter, along with a brief look at the history of children's and adolescent literature, the introduction of the author and his works has been discussed.

In the second and third chapters, considering the influence of the author from the books of Kalileh and Demaneh Nasrallah Manshi and Marzbannameh of Saad al-Din Varavini and mentioning the sources used by the author; The stories are divided into two separate chapters, in which the symbolic analysis of the story's characters, the structure and linguistic, literary features, the content of the themes; The messages and moral points in each story have been discussed separately, and for each of the discussed features, examples of both types of prose have been given in order to compare and match, and mention the stylistic index of the author and express the differences between the two, and in the fourth chapter, the results obtained from this research have been analyzed and reviewed. The result of this research shows that Azarizdi mentioned moral and social themes and advices in his works with simple rewritings of stories from ancient texts and spared no effort to express his desired concepts in a very simple and popular way, away from literary arrays and difficult words and close to the mind and language of his audience.

Key words: children's literature Demaneh, Marzban Nameh, Mehdi Azarizdi, structure and content.

Introduction

Children and adolescent literature includes a part of literature that is considered suitable for children from preschool age to the end of adolescence. Picture books, popular culture stories, realistic stories, scientific knowledge, poetry and many other writings that are suitable for this age group.

"In a general classification, children's literature can be divided into two categories:

A: Books, writings and compositions that are specifically and from the beginning for children with attention to Their mental quality and needs have been created.

B: Books, writings and poems that were not originally created for children, but due to their special quality are also suitable for children, which includes literature related to popular culture and does not have a specific creator, and writings that were originally intended for adults, but are also suitable for children, have been welcomed by them." (Poladi, 1387: 23)

The attention of writers and researchers to introduce the essence of Persian books such as Kalila and Demaneh and Marzban Nameh and other ancient texts to the children and teenagers of this border and land has caused prominent writers such as Mehdi Azazidi to take steps in the field of children's literature and to improve the cultural and intellectual development of their contemporary generation.

This research is organized in four chapters as follows:

Chapter one: Children's literature and the position of Mehdi Azarizdi

In this chapter, a brief discussion about children's literature, its development process, the difference between children's literature and adult literature, fictional literature and the difference between rewriting and re-creation has been discussed. The position of Mehdi Azarizdi, the introduction of his works and his writing style have been mentioned.

Chapter Two: Analysis and review of the restoration of the stories of Marzban Nameh in the works of Mehdi Azarizdi

In this chapter, the stories of Azarizdi that have been brought based on the stories of Marzban Nameh, the sources used by the author, the overview of each story and mention Features such as characterization, language structure, literary features and themes, aspects of difference and moral messages have been analyzed and investigated.

Chapter 3: In this chapter, the analysis of Azarizid stories based on the stories of Kalileh and Demeneh has been discussed and, like the previous chapter, it has been examined from the perspective of different features, and for each feature, an example of the aforementioned collections has been analyzed.

Chapter Four: Conclusions and Suggestions

In this chapter, the general results of the research are presented first, and at the end, a new research proposal is mentioned for respected researchers.

Research Background

In the field of children's literature and criticism of Mehdi Azarizdi's works, some authors and The researchers have provided a document that the researcher has used in doing this research. Some examples are mentioned below:

1- Mohammadi, Mohammadhadi, "1385", Methodology of Criticism of Children's Literature, Tehran, Seda Va Sima Publications

In this book, while looking at the structure of children's literature, the methodology of criticism, practical criticism and comparative criticism in the field of children's literature, Mehdi Azarizdi and his works are mentioned.

2- Hijazi, Banafsheh, "2011", Children's and Adolescent Literature - Features and Aspects, Tehran, Roshangaran Publications. In this book, the history of children's and teenagers' literature in Iran and the world and some other materials related to the criticism of children's literature are mentioned, and while dealing with the aspects of summarizing, rewriting and re-creating, there is also information about Mehdi Azarizdi. style="direction: rtl;">In this book, which discusses the physical and psychological characteristics of children and adolescents, the types of children's literature and the development of children's literature, the literary position of Mehdi Azarizdi in the thirties is also mentioned. Children's literature and how they are influenced by the writings of Kalileh, Demaneh and Marzbannameh.

Applicable objectives: This research can be used in the following areas:

A: Children and teenagers' literature

B: Stylistics

C: Literary criticism

Working method

The working method in this research is a combination of two analytical and documentary methods. In this way, by referring to the bookstores, the researcher prepared the necessary books and by studying them, he checked the necessary items. After that, he arranged and categorized the slips by topic. Then, by combining the sheets, he wrote his thesis and concluded at the end. 

Abstract

Children and young literature refer to those which both themes and layout fanguage and penmanship are compatible with capabilities, interests and comprehension of kids.

One ??of the prominent author in children's literature scope is Mehdi Azaryazdi which his works are well-analyzed in the case of ancient elements.