Structural Analysis of Shahe Siyahpushan Tale Based on Propp's Model

Nezami's Haftpeykar is one of the beautiful tales of lyrical verse that has many similarities to fairy tales from structuralist viewpoint. The authors analyze structural similarities and differences based on dutifulnesses, their interaction and dichotomy, fixed or variable characters and the logical sequence of narrative structure. The results demonstrate that this tale conforms to Propp's model and also narrative structure of fairy tales because shahe siyahpushan consists of about twenty dutifulnesses out of thirty-one dutifulnesses of fairy tales and the order and sequence of the story is the same as Propp’s model. The order and sequence of the whole narrative is based on opposition.