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 The aim of the current research is to investigate the deconstruction of the narration of women's characters in the Shahnameh and the rewritten texts narrated by Atusa Salehi. In deconstructive analysis, rewriting presents a new and fresh narrative by changing the center and centrality of the construction of the old work. In this research, it is shown how the presence of the omniscient and omniscient narrator in the rewritten stories is pale and a kind of change and deconstruction in women's narration is created through shifting the centrality and axis of the narration. The most important issue for deconstructive analysis is the use of contrasts hidden in the text; the contrast of love and affection with epic and war is one of the most prominent contrasts of this rewriting. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the method of collecting information is the examination of library documents. The results of the research showed that Salehi presented a different narration of the women of Shahnameh and new dimensions of their personality with a creative narrative and using the contrast of epic, war and love. Where characters such as Gordafarid, Manijeh, Jarireh, Shahrnaz, etc. have a more effective and prominent presence in the narrative than in the original text, and their emotional and peaceful character prevails over their warlike and epic spirit. This new dimension and reading is suitable for the mood and personality of the teenage audience

Bouran became as the ruler of Sassanid Empire just before downfall of the empire and she was praised in Shahnameh; however, at the beginning of Bouran’s reign, Ferdowsi quotes: “there was a girl named Bouran/ things do not go well, when a woman becomes king”. This verse has an obvious contradiction with next verses and and according to this verse, it seems that the decay of empire at that time was a result of her reign. In order to answer to the question of "which of the two contradictions is true" and "what could be the cause of the mentioned contradiction", the article author has compared the Shahnameh's claim about Bouran's statecraft with historical sources. Research data show that there’s no report of inefficiency in Bouran’s governance, and all historians, in more detail than Ferdowsi, have reported her governing as good. So, why did Ferdowsi compose such a poem? The author, by proposing related hypotheses, concludes that this verse is not related to how Bouran governs, but it has been due to Ferdowsi's commitment to the presuppositions that were formed in related to the religious beliefs in his time. Tracing the presuppositions leads us to a hadith of the Prophet (PBUH): "A nation that leaves its affairs to a woman will never be successful.” The hadith documents do not confirm its validity, and its not even mentioned about in early Shiite sources; But its socio-cultural shadow has led to the presumption that if a woman becomes monarch, the country will be ruined. So, the poet has remained in contradiction between those historical facts and this social presupposition, and the result has been a contradiction in composing the story of Bouran. However, the Shahnameh as a whole, does not confirm the society negative view to the women.