Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 16، number In Volume 10، Junuary 2024 ، issue Number 92

Morphological analysis of Weiss and Ramin based on the morphological patterns of Vladimir Propp

Zohreh Sarmad (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Formalism is one of the schools of literary criticism that pays attention to the form of the literary work and played a major role in the creation of the theory of structuralism. The best field for formalist theories and structuralism is folk, folkloric and indigenous stories. According to the formalist point of view, all of these stories, while having variable characters, have specific and specific functions and actions. Weiss and Ramin"s poem is also a romantic genre with variable characters and specific actions. In this article, an attempt is made to examine the motifs of Weiss and Ramin"s story, based on Vladimir Propp"s structural model, in order to understand the similarity of the actions of the characters of romantic stories in different forms of the story.

METHODOLOGY: The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical and gathering information through studying, scanning and sampling library documents and databases.

FINDINGS: Weiss and Ramin"s system has ten suspensions, three climaxes and seventeen functions. The characters are divided into main and secondary categories, where Weiss and Ramin are among the main characters and Mobed, Shiro, Daye, Viro, Zard and Gol are among the secondary characters. From the perspective of prop division, there are seven roles in this system, which are divided into two groups of active and passive characters. Weiss and Ramin are among active actors, and Mobed and Gol are among passive, victim and productive actors.

CONCLUSION: Based on Vladimir Propp"s model of structuralism, it can be concluded that in lyrical stories, even with the existence of different forms and multiplicity of characters, self-work, function and actions are limited and specific.

Keyword
Weiss and Ramin , Vladimir Propp , structuralism , morphology

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