Analytical Comparison of the Novel of Siddhartha and the Tale of Sheikh Sanan

Among the literary works in the world, there are some similarities between novel of the Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and the tale of the Sheikh Sanan in the Manteq Atteir by Sheikh Attar, which make them comparable. The theme of both tales is seeking perfection and felicity as well as following the direction from apparent perfection to a real stage of perfection. Both Siddhartha and Sheikh Sanan have high degree of perfection and felicity in the people's point of view; however they left everything and engage in seeking. Love has a characteristic role in both tales, so the basic change of both characters starts with earthly love and brings them to the denouement. In this article the similarities were represented at first based on the structural analysis including the characterizations, actions, turns, conceptual language and background of the two texts. Then, the reason of the actions were compared and presented beside the conceptual similarities and differences between two tales.