Analysis of the story of Zal and Rudabe using Jung's theory

Examining and analyzing literary works based on new perspectives helps to understand unknown aspects of literary works. The story of Zal and Rudabeh, in which romantic tenderness is mixed with epic hardness with a special skill, a novel and surprising combination has been created, has not been analyzed from the perspective of psychoanalytic criticism. The psychoanalytic study of this story based on Jung's point of view and the analysis of its archetypes can open new doors of hidden meanings in the Shahnameh for the audience. In this essay, firstly, the theoretical foundations of Jung's view and the archetypes he considered are briefly introduced. Then the archetypes of anima and animus, mask, shadow, Pir Farzaneh and finally the process of individuality in the story of Zal and Rudabe have been analyzed in a library way.
The results of the research show that Zal, in order to be the father of the world, the hero of the Shahnameh, Rostam, attains a kind of royal wisdom, frees himself from the heaviness of the earth and matter, and reaches the pan of self-discovery. According to the studies conducted, Zal and After reaching the stage of self-awareness and using his unconscious self, Rudabe was able to reach a stage where, when he reaches this stage, the ground for spiritual fusion is provided, and the result of this connection is Jahan Pahlavan Shahnameh.