Postmodern literature, returning to the classical self "Comparative analysis of the narrative structure of Zahhak's story in the animation of the last story and Ferdowsi's Shahnameh"

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
zeinab baniasadi 1
naeem khalesi 2
mohamadali safoora 3
1 Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Farhangian University of Kerman (Corresponding Author)
2 BA in teaching Persian language and literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Farhangian University, Kerman, Kerman
3 PhD in Art Research, Department of Animation and Cinema, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
10.22034/jcsc.2024.2036136.2760
Abstract
Postmodern art, as a discourse in opposition to the ideas of the modern period, has created the discourse of postmodern cinema by changing the narrative methods and returning to the classical narrative characteristics and influencing the media world. The paradoxical and illusory nature of animation provides this media with the necessary capacity to turn to new narrative theories and approaches, including certain aspects of postmodernism. On this basis and according to the hypothesis of the research, the story of "Zahhak" in the Shahnameh and the animation "The Last Story" are two comparable narratives with common narratological features. The main purpose of this article is to explain the concepts of postmodernism in comparison to its classical ancestor and to express how to use some of the narrative effects of these two discourses in the cinematic narration of "The Last Story" and the narration of "Zahhak" in the Shahnameh.

Material & Methods

To achieve the goal of the research, by using the documentary method and with a descriptive-analytical approach, some postmodern expressive components have been discussed and investigated in comparison with the classical narrative elements.

Discussion of Results & Conclusions

Based on the results obtained, the animation "The Last Story" by using concepts such as intertextuality, non-linear narrative, causality, fantasy-realism, surrealist approach and bricolage, maintains its technical and logical connection with narrative techniques and classical elements and conveys meaning to The audience and the creation of wandering subjects and a complex and illusory world have been successful.
Keywords
Postmodern narrative
classic literature
the last story
Shahnameh
Subjects
 
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