Platonic Love beyond the Geographical Boundaries: Practical and Analytical Comparison of Leili-o-Majnoun and Cyrano de Bergerac

Comparative literature is a branch of literature that considers the literary relation and influences of the countries. Scholar of comparative literature sits between two or more branches and records the literary-cultural transfers. This article is an attempt to study the cultural and story similarities between two the literary works; an Iranian and a French. «Leili o Majnoun»، Nezami’s literary work and «Cyrano de Bergerac»، Rostand’s piece have commons aspects about the content and the personality of their heroes; platonic love is the most important element in these literary works. Among the other similarities، we can represent the reality of their stories and the common literary structure. In spite of the similarities، we should consider the differences of the heroes in their manner of love-affair. An innocent love is another common point between these masterpieces، which finished with the death of heroes، Majnoun and Cyrano. In this article، we try to expand these similarities and the differences with a comparative consideration in order to conquer a new horizon.