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Comparative study of visual symbols and signs in the "Death of Yazdgerd" play by Bahram Beizai with the "Fish and Cat" screenplay by Shahram Mokri

Document Type : Original Article

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1 MA in Dramatic Literature, Department of Drama, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch.

2 Associate Professor of Art Anthropology, Drama Department, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran.

10.30465/lir.2023.41623.1536

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study hidden dramatic elementsEspecially ecological illustrated dialogues and mind games in “Death of Yazdgerd" play by Bahram Beyzai, and "Cat and Fish" screenplay by Shahram Mokri, from a symbolist anthropological perspective, analytically and etymologically. These works are symbolic semantics with a new form and content which transmit of mental concepts in Iranian dramatic literatures. Therefore, they were considered by many critics and people inside and outside Iran. With using the symbolist anthropological approach,The death of Yazdgerd Bahram Beizai has also been considered by twentieth-century anthropologists, including Branislav Malinowski and Clifford Geertz, for reasons hidden in the work of hidden functionalist features.

this article shows that these two works text elements are rooted in universal thinking, which has enabled these two works to communicate with the world through symbolic effects. This article has been prepared by descriptive-analytical method and has also been analyzed by qualitative content analysis method.

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Literary Interdisciplinary Research
Volume 5, Issue 9
May 2023
Pages 142-169
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