November 24, 2024
Mojahed Gholami

Mojahed Gholami

Academic Rank: Associate professor
Address: Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
Degree: Ph.D in Persian Language and Literature
Phone: 09000000000
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Research

Title
A Study of Binary Oppositions in the Myth of Arash Kamangir based on the theory of Claude Levi-Strauss
Type Thesis
Keywords
اسطوره، ساختارگرايي، آرش، بهرام بيضايي، تقابل هاي دوجزئي
Researchers Javad Chamani (Student) , Leila Rezaei (Primary advisor) , Mojahed Gholami (Advisor)

Abstract

Constructivist investigation of myths is a way to find similarities between the thoughts of different nations and to reach the hidden meanings that exist in the heart of mythological narratives. Claude Lévi-Strauss has provided a model for finding the meanings of this group of narratives by following two-part confrontations in myths. One of the Iranian mythological narratives is that of Arash the Archer, which, although not mentioned in the Shahnameh, is mentioned in the Avesta, and Bahram Bayzaei has recreated this story in his reading of "Arash". With the aim of searching for the hidden meanings of this narrative, the current research has tried to analyze the structure of this narrative by applying the Levi-Strauss two-part contrasts model. Examining the text in question based on the model proposed by Claude Lévi-Strauss shows that in reading "Arash" from the 18 ellipses, dual oppositions can be identified, among them, the nuclear or infrastructure opposition, the opposition between light (good) and darkness (evil) which was considered the basis of the religious thoughts of ancient Iranians. Contrary to the narrative of the Shahnameh, in which the confrontation between Iran and Turan was a manifestation of the confrontation between good and evil, in this narrative, evil and evil have engulfed the Iranian and Turan army; Therefore, there is a fundamental contrast between Arash (who is the only good character in this narrative and a clear representative of goodness) with the world around him. In this narrative, a chain of conflicting codes can be found, all branching from the same primary infrastructural conflict. In the re-creation of the ellipse, the logic of the common myth has been changed and the hero of the story, who is Arash, is an ordinary human being and has no connection with supernatural forces; But with the help of his thought, perception and vision, he achieves superior power and throws an arrow that is more distant than the mythical arrow of ancient n