Syntagms, Elements and Propositions of Narration in the Story of

The story of «Banu-ye Hesari» (Lady Hesari) is one of the seven wonderful and adventure stories in Nizami’s «Haft Paykar». Because of its special structure، in this article، we analyze the structure and narration components of the story according to Grimas’ views. Initially، we relate and consider Grimas’ criticism on the structure، elements and components of a narration and then، identify and analyze them in the story of «Banu-ye Hesrai». Narrative syntagms in the structure of narration include contractual، practical and disjunctive circles. Contractual circle is about a contract between “Banu-ye Hesari” (sender) and a young prince (knower; receiver)، practical circle consists of experiments and battles that hero must surmount، and disjunctive circle is about the itinerary of events from an unbalanced condition to a balanced one، coming to a happy conclusion. Therefore، the structure of narration in the story includes some special functions such as contract، experiment and judgment. In the narration، there is a general model: absence of contract (disorder) → presence of contract (order) _ an unbalanced and distressful situation، then a contract putting forward by the sender according to which the hero behaves، and consequently، a balanced situation.