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N.Nikubakht, PH.D.
H.Zulfighari, PH.D.
M.A.Azizifar
 
Abstract
Folktales or folklores are not merely anecdotes and narratives, idealistic and lack of plot that could be visualized from the fancy and old point of views. Amidst these stories, there are hidden past way of life that can shed light on future course. One of the most beautiful and interesting Persian folktales is Darabnameh of Tarsusi that before giving the folkloric biographical description of Ardeshir, gives description about Alexander of Macedonia, Burandokht and Greek physicians. This story has a lot of allegories, paraphrasing and description about the allegorical problems. Stepping of Alexander on the land of magnificence in order to get the fountain of life, is the actual capital of Tarsusi while focusing on this story and the same aspect has caused the emergence of some of the creatures, things, space and place that have made this anecdote allegorical.
The current article tries to study the question that whether Darabnameh of Tarsusi really has allegorical capacity and how they could be classified? Authors have tried to acquire the results from allegories through descriptive-analytical research methodology and hence they have classified them into five group i.e. human, animal, spatial, plant (herbi) and object (others).
 
 

Keywords: Folktales, Allegorical Anecdotes, Darabnameh of Tarsusi, Alexander in Literature

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