Structural Comparison Between The Two Allegorical Tales:Mathnavi by Moulana and Catastrophe by Attaar

This article intends to describe the degree of relationship, similarities, disparities and manipulations by Moulavi in the sources of the ‘Mathnavi’ stories. In view of the fact that the structure of the stories is the true means of better and further understanding of conceptions, and common and uncommon points in them; and the allegorical stories of catastrophic narration by Attaar is one of the mainstreams of “Mathnavi” as adopted by Moulavi. The writer has turned to review the allegoric story in the said two tales.By comparing the superstructural elements (design and plot, personality and character development, conversation and artistic expression, knots and obstacles, time and place, and stage- management and narrator) and their substructural and thematic analysis, the writer has attempted to find out the answers to the following questions:1) Has Moulavi manipulated the sources of his stories? If so, what effects would the superstructure and the substructure have on the tales?2) To what extent would the degree of utilization of story-elements in the ‘Mathnavi’ tales and their sources be?3) How far has Moulavi advanced in the utilization of artistic and narrative techniques, and what results has he achieved?