Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 15، number In Volume 8، November 2022 ، issue Number 78

Ferdowsi Art in the Descriptions of Shahnameh

Hossein Azizpour Mo’llem , Hossein Ali Pashapasandi (Author in Charge), Suzan Jahanian

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Describing and illustrating is one of the most important abilities of a poet in creating a poetic work; Because he does this by using his mental and scientific resources and using linguistic and expressive possibilities. Ferdowsi Shahnameh is one of the poems that has a high status from this perspective. Hakim Toos has finally described the artistry of situations, people, conversations, scenes and events, and has created original, attractive and lasting images. In this article, an attempt is made to examine the secret of the beauty and attractiveness of Ferdowsi"s descriptions in the Shahnameh, how and by what tricks did Ferdowsi create such images?

METHODOLOGY: The method of this research is descriptive and content analysis and data have been collected based on library studies and many diagrams have been drawn.

FINDINGS: The study of the descriptions of Shahnameh shows that Ferdowsi did not ignore humans, animals, nature, objects and even abstract concepts in both epic and lyrical descriptions and in this way he used linguistic and expressive possibilities.

CONCLUSION: The secret of the attractiveness of Shahnameh descriptions in Ferdowsi"s artistic and creative use of linguistic, expressive and imaginative possibilities. With his unique mastery and using these facilities, he was able to show the peak of epic and lyrical images that are unique in their kind.

Keyword
Description , Ferdowsi Shahnameh , Linguistic possibilities , Expression arrays

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