From self-sacrifice in the back alleys of China and Machin to championing the oppressed in the forests of Nottinghamshire: A discourse analysis of folkloric values in Samak-e Ayyar and Robin Hood

Rajabi, Erfan; Fathi, Maryam

doi:10.22034/lda.2025.142846.1031

From self-sacrifice in the back alleys of China and Machin to championing the oppressed in the forests of Nottinghamshire: A discourse analysis of folkloric values in Samak-e Ayyar and Robin Hood

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Erfan Rajabi ¹
Maryam Fathi ²

¹ Englsih, Faculty of Langauge and Literature, Univeristy of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

² English language and linguistics, faculty of literaure, social and human sciences, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/lda.2025.142846.1031

Abstract

Robin Hood is one of the English Medieval stories whose main hero is Robin Locksley. In Samak Ayyar , Samak , is the protagonist of the novel, too. Robin known as Hood and Samak Ayyar have more in common regarding their characterization and generous deeds. With this in mind, we can proceed with a comparative study of their similarities and find out more about the commonalities between these two popular heroes and also about English and Persian literatures. In the current paper which is a descriptive-analytical attempt, the authors have used library sources to gather the necessary data and opted for American school of comparative literature which values common human experiences regardless of their geographical locations and their possible historical mutual influences. The folkloric character of these stories, the existence of the tribal (ethnic) heroes and the generosity of the heroes are some of the common features which render these two stories an appropriate object for a comparative discourse.

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Main Subjects

Literary Discourse Aanalysis

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