Wednesday, June 27, 2018

MFA of Drama / Dramatic Literature-June 2018 (Archetype analysis of Renaissance and Rebirth, Hero and Immortality in Ancient Persian Rituals and Drama)

Abstract

In this research, the archetype analysis of renascence and rebirth, hero and immortality will be discussed in the ancient Persian ritual and dramas such as “Sug-e-Siavosh”, “Moghkoshi”, “Mirnoorozi”, “Naghali”, and “Rhymes of Zorvan`s religion”. 
Based on the archetype analysis that is a subset of psychological critique in the modern era, mythologists؛ based on mythological narratives and the analysis of myths and legends, have discovered repetitive symbols based on the unconscious, which Karl Gustav Yong calls them؛Archetype. According to Jung, the archetype is the human desires and hopes that has not been gained over the ages and is part of a collective unconscious that appears in the minds of men in the veins of dreams and imaginations. Because the rituals have been transmitted verbally and chest to the chest throughout the ages, their original roots cannot be reached, and they have to proceed based on subsequent research and documentation, to the point where the “Moghkoshi” ritual, known as the “Shahkoshi” Has been explored to indicate that the naming of this ritual was only based on the concurrency with another ritual called “Faragh e Mehr Sepand”. Since the ancient Persians saw the Shah as a human being, a father and a ruler (one of the archetypes), they never allowed desecration of his honor, and therefore the killing of the king was unusual, and the killing of the king was based on unionism and commander politics has happened. 
Based on such an approach and features in the works, the mentioned archetypes can be examined on religious, cultural, political, and timing perspectives. This scrutiny will go up to the point where, in the Mirnoorozi's dramatic manner, governance has been accompanied by religious/cultural practices that took place overnight, which coincided with the days of Nowruz. In the first hypothesis of this study, we will focus on the myth-centeredness of the rituals and antiquities of ancient Iran, in which the ancient Persian theatrical rituals, using dramatic and talent capacities, have shaped epic and mythological narratives that are capable of implementing renascence and rebirths, hero and immortality`s archetypes, like the drama of Sug-e-Siavash, which started with the Persian national hero and during his heroic journey, constantly suffers from birth and renaissance, just like when he was burned up and came out clean of it victoriously and proudly, and ultimately, with martyrdom, a funeral is formed in the beliefs of Persians to immortal his presence. 
In these same cases, the answer to the first question of this review also appears to indicate the repertoire of renascence and rebirth, hero, and immortality. This research, based on the opinions of the great men of the arena of mythology and based on various sources, has come to this conclusion and seeks to prove that the ancient Persians, and unlike many scholars, have demonstrative rituals along with other people’s elsewhere which at the beginning of the Holy Scriptures have been vindictive and the most important documentary of this word, the ancient Persians are narrated in story and storytelling, which has been shown in modern form by modern definitions. Then, the archetypes of the ancient Iranian rituals will be dealt with.

Keywords

Hero, Renascence, and rebirth, Immortality, Archetype, Sug-e-Siavash, Moghkoshi, Mirrenorozi, Naghali, rhymes of Zorvan`s religion.



Title: Archetype analysis of Renaissance and Rebirth, Hero and Immortality in Ancient Persian Rituals and Drama
Date: 06/2018
Place: Soore University/Tehran/Iran (Persia)