Document Type : Original Article
Author
Assistant Professor of Persian language & literature, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Hakim Sabzevari , Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi Province.
Abstract
The term of story elements refers to a set of formal or content components, features and details, that the combination of them which forms the basis of the authorship of the narrative, and through their methodical combination, the narrator can give objectivity to his general plan and mental concept, And on the other hand, it will keep the audience informed about the events in a favorable way, and success in achieving this connection will be considered as an introduction to the attractiveness of the narrative. Piltan-Nāmeh is one of the unknown prose epics of Persian literature, which was written by Abd-Al-Raḥmān Marāḡī. The present research is based on the only remaining privileged manuscript of Piltan-Nāmeh which was written in 972 A.H. tries for the first time to introduce and evaluate the fictional elements of Piltan-Nāmeh, to introduce the vague features and hidden privileges of this prose epic. The present research was conducted by inductive method and is organized in two parts. In the first part, after the introduction, the characteristics of the Piltan-Nāmeh’s manuscript, the storyteller, the time and origin of the narrative were introduced, and after presenting the summary of the story, in the second part, the narrative elements of the Piltan-Nāmeh were introduced. It has been evaluated in seven sections: plot, description, theme, narration, point of view, time and place, and character.
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