RT - Journal Article T1 - The evolution of chivalrous character in Persian literatureThe case study of three stories, “Samak e Ayyar”, “Dash Akol” & “Qeidar” JF - mdrsjrns YR - 2017 JO - mdrsjrns VO - 10 IS - 39 UR - http://lcq.modares.ac.ir/article-29-7917-en.html SP - 101 EP - 124 K1 - chivalrous character؛ characterization؛ Samak e Ayyar؛ Dash Akol؛ Qeidar AB - To study the excursion of presence and evolution of chivalrous characters in Persian literature, this article is examined three stories, “Samak e Ayyar”, “Dash Akol” and “Qeidar”, in terms of similarities and differences among characters and characterizations. mentioned stories have been selected because “samak e ayyar” is the first story in which the role of knights (“Ayaran”) is bolder than kings or heroes; “Dash Akol” is the first manly (“Dash Mashti”) character in modern Persian literature and “Qeidar” is the last one. This study indicates that in all three works, the distinction between protagonist and antagonist is clearly distinguished based on chivalry characteristic nevertheless the protagonist in “Samak e Ayyar” and “Dash Akol” is similar to antagonist in terms of facial features and behavioral characteristics while the antagonist of “Qeidar” is different from protagonist in this sense. Furthermore, “Amirkhani” appends the component of belief in Islam to the constitutive elements of chivalry characteristic, however, in spite of facial features, it is fully similar to “Samak e Ayyar” in terms of organizing events toward highlighting typical characteristics of chivalrous character. LA eng UL http://lcq.modares.ac.ir/article-29-7917-en.html M3 ER -