Reformulation of Shahnameh Legends in Bahram Beyzaie's Plays

Author： Talajooy Saeed  

Publisher： Routledge Ltd

ISSN： 0021-0862

Source： Iranian Studies, Vol.46, Iss.5, 2013-09, pp. : 695-719

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Abstract

This essay explores Bahram Beyzaie's inter-paradigmatic reformulations of Iranian dramatic forms and Shahnameh legends in plays which highlight the voice of the periphery against the center and imbue these narratives with motifs that relate them to the present. The essay first reviews Beyzaie's work with the Shahnameh and then examines the Shahnameh cycle of Jamshid and Zahhak to provide the context for in-depth analyses of Azhdahak (1959), Karnameh-ye Bondar-e Bidakhsh (The Account of Bondar the Premier, 1996), and the first episode of Shab-e Hezar-o-Yekom (The One Thousand and First Night, 2003) in which Beyzaie reconstructs the cycle of Jamshid and Zahhak.

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