Comparative Study of Contrasting Good and Evil in Shahnameh and khavaran nama (With Emphasis on Archetypal Criticism)

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Archetypal criticism is an interdisciplinary approach that is based on the study of sciences such as psychology, anthropology, religious history and the history of civilization, which deals with the analysis of texts. In this article, with this approach, compare Battle of good and evil and its presence on Archetype patterns, focusing on Shahnameh by Ferdowsi and Khavaran nameh khosafi.In Khavaran nameh painting, where fairy tales and fantasy stories of trips and war and bravery of Imam Ali arises the old model of "Armageddon" comes.In the analysis of the Shahnameh, conflict, internal or main theme of the struggle between good and evil that we find the main theme of Shahnameh, That is such a spirit on the part of such a great work. Frequency Shahnameh stories that direct practical struggle of good and evil are involved, at least is double from another khavaran nameh. The struggle between good and evil (the major house dust mites in the Shahnameh) can be as deep structure of the narrative pattern in the collective unconscious of the human mind, considered the archetypal narrative. The purpose of this article is comparing the struggle between good and evil in shahnama and Khavaran nama. After study four paintings of each epic books paintings, Which involves a battle between good and evil are, we can realize, Shahnama’s influence on khavaran nama in three archetypal characters, archetypal symbols and archetypal situations and actions.