Studying the Identity of Women in the Shahnameh of Ferdosi with Feministic Approach of Simone De Beauvoir
Subject Areas : Abstract ArticlesMaryam Saeed 1 , Ali Eshghi Sardehi Eshghi Sardehi 2 , Seyyed Ali Akbar Shariati Far 3 , Saeed Roozbehani 4
1 - PhD student of Persian language and literature, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran.
Keywords: Feminism, Ferdosi, Simone de Beauvoir, The Shahnameh, second gender,
Abstract :
The Shahnameh, the valuable masterpiece of Ferdosi, is the reflection of cultural values and national identity of Iran, in which women play different roles in different sections of life based on their feministic identity. Simone de Beauvoir, the French feminist writer in the 70th decade, in her book, “The Second Gender” considers the women in the same rank of men in thinking and learning capabilities which should not be judged merely based on their feministic power. The aim of this research is to study Ferdosi’s view on the women in the Shahnameh and its analysis with Simone de Beauvoir’s point of view.It is done in descriptive analytic and comparative method and shows that she considers the women society as the second gender who must put aside the role of being wife and mother to be able to compete with men. The sensible examples of these are the humiliation of women against men which makes them unreliable: the nature which De Beauvoir thoroughly rejects and criticizes it, but they are seen in Ferdosi’s poetry. Some of Ferdosi’s verses consider women as without sagacity and second gender so that they shouldn’t be consulted with. Ferdosi’s poetry indicates patriarchal and cultural system.
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