A Comparative Study of the Function of Georges Dumézil’s Trifunctionalism Theory of Contemporary Mythologist in the Myth of “Rostam and Esfandiar”

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Human Science, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Human Science, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran Main Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The world contemporary literature, which is an uncapturable universe, has a number of scientists who have with a critical eye been scrutinizing schools ofliterary persons in different period of history. Mythologists have been the most distinguished critics in the scientists’ population: Their works are distinctive of all for detecting the core value of and for understanding the raison d'être of myths, thus inspiring a nation or tribe.
Dumézil is the most reputed mythologist of the contemporary age for his trifunctionalism theory, and his works especially focus on the analysis of Iranian mythology. He believed that the ideology and lifestyle of the Indo-European people, consequentially those of Iranians, can be defined within framework of a trifunctional structure ; the ideology and lifestyle can be compared and contrasted with the trio functions of `priests,’ `warriors,’ and `commoners’ . This comparative study tries to analyze the myths of Esfandiar, Rostam and Simorgh based on the theory of Dumézil, while trying to detect and substantiate the trio functions in the three Iranian myths.

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Volume 25, Issue 2
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Pages 562-588

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