داراب نامه (فیروز شاه نامه) بیغمی

One of the most important Persian long folk tales is Darab Nameh or Firozshah Nameh Bighami. This tale is one of the narrative stories written in the 9th century. This tale has often been examined by scholars in terms of Aristotelian literary genres. Some have called it epic and some have called it lyrical, and some have considered it a combination of these two literary genres. In this article, which is written in a descriptive-analytical method and relying on library sources, the author seeks to answer the question, how can this text be examined from the perspective of lyrical genre? The lyrical literary genre is used in this text in a "modal" manner; That is, a part of the content of the text can be examined from this point of view. Components such as lyrical narration, which can be seen in the form of monologue, lyrical characterization and lyrical dialogue in the text, make the language have an emotional function. In these cases, the narrator also gives the language of the text a poetic function. As well as, different types of lyrical literature, such as complaints, lyricism, invocations and prayers, victory prose, satire, and the concept of “seizing the time” strengthen the lyrical mode of the text of this book.