Review of Tragedy Elements in Tarikh-e Jahangoshay by Typological Approach

Document Type : Research Paper

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Abstract

Among different literary types tragedy has more influence on the reader and it directly
involves the reader in the stream of the events and even sometimes the reader
compares himself with the protagonist. This type has been less noticed by Persian
poets and writers. Many signs of tragedy can be observed in the narrative structure in
Trikh-e jahn-gošy Jovayni, the personality of Sultan Mohammad and his end. In
this research it is tried to analyze the tragic aspects of Trikh-e jahn-gošy Jovayni’s
stories. Although jahn-gošy is a historical book and far from dramatic and historical
elements of tragedy but some aspects of tragedy can be found in this book. In the
structure of the work especially in stories depiction where the narration starts or ends
and also in the effectiveness that cause reader’s self purification and makes him/her
feel feared while sympathetic and the personality of Sultan Mohammad that can be
compared with a protagonist of a tragic work and also language arrangement and
rigidity in Trikh-e jahn-gošy made it a great tragic work.

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