The Allegorical Readings of the Shāh-nāma in Comparison with the Allegoreses of Homer’s Epics

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Narges Nematollahi
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Abstract

There is a consensus that the Greek epic does not present itself as “veiled expressions (ainos),” but in the Greek literary tradition, several episodes of Homer’s works have received allegorical readings by literary critics and philosophers. These readings are categorized according to the motivations of their authors into two groups: defensive or apologetic and appropriative or exegetical. Against this background, this paper examines the Shāh-nāma and its broader literary tradition, arguing that, first, the Shāh-nāma, too, does not present itself as a multi-layered text in need of interpretation. Second, we can identify the same two categories within the admittedly fewer allegorical readings offered for the Shāh-nāma; Ferdowsi’s prologues to some tragic stories of the Shāh-nāma resemble Homeric defensive allegoreses, whereas the allegorical readings by some Sufi poets and thinkers represent the appropriative group. Similarities and differences between the Greek and the Iranian traditions in each group will be also discussed.
将《沙赫纳马》的寓意解读与《荷马史诗》的寓意比较
希腊史诗并不以 "隐晦的表达方式(ainos)"呈现,这一点已达成共识,但在希腊文学传统中,文学评论家和哲学家对荷马作品中的若干情节进行了寓言式解读。这些解读根据其作者的动机可分为两类:辩护性或辩解性解读和挪用性或训诂性解读。在此背景下,本文对《沙赫纳马》及其更广泛的文学传统进行了研究,认为:首先,《沙赫纳马》也并不表现为需要解释的多层次文本。其次,我们可以在对《沙赫纳马》的寓言式解读中发现同样的两类解读;费尔多西对《沙赫纳马》中一些悲剧故事的序言类似于荷马史诗中的防御性寓言,而一些苏菲派诗人和思想家的寓言式解读则代表了挪用型解读。我们还将讨论希腊和伊朗传统在每一组中的异同。
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Journal of Persianate Studies
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期刊介绍: Publication of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies. The journal publishes articles on the culture and civilization of the geographical area where Persian has historically been the dominant language or a major cultural force, encompassing Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of the former Ottoman Empire. Its focus on the linguistic, cultural and historical role and influence of Persian culture and Iranian civilization in this area is based on a recognition that knowledge flows from pre-existing facts but is also constructed and thus helps shape the present reality of the Persianate world.
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