'Epopee' literally means 'pride', 'boasting', and 'bragging' from an epical perspective, it refers to the dialogue between two heroes humiliating their enemy through offensive language and boasting about themselves expressing their honors. Definitely, to achieve the psychological atmosphere ruling epopees only depending on the literal meaning of words without the involvement of other sciences is impossible. Today, the interdisciplinary approaches have been focused on and welcomed by public in scientific, educational and research policy making. Among these, the effect of psychology to better understand literary texts can't be denied. The psychological review could occupy vast and absolutely unknown area in the literature. This type of review can be used as an accurate and comprehensive tool to read the vocabulary not written or considered by the author. One of the psychological reviews components in literary texts is 'requirements list' of Henry Murray. Analyzing personality is considered as one of the most important concepts presented in this list. In this analysis, we can easily observe the direct effect of the lexical and psychological load in the epopees used by the heroes continuing the battle. This work has been represented depending on aggression, defense and, counteraction. The present research aims to psychologically analyze the Shah-Name's epopees based on the case requirements list, relying on the interdisciplinary activities and illustrate the psychological effects due to the epopee's reading in the pitched battles.
khatibi M M, estaji E. Analyzing the Shah-Name's Epopees Based on Henry Murray's Case Artistic Requirements in His Psychological Theory. ادبیات پهلوانی 2016; 2 (4) :1-27 URL: http://heroic.lu.ac.ir/article-1-89-en.html