A Structuralist Study of the Story of Lion and Cow in Kalilah and Dimnah Based on Claude Bremond's Model

Structuralists mostly deal with general rules of structures, and when it comes to narratology, they are mostly concerned about linguistic comparisons instead of paying attention to the language in a specific context. Therefore, in order to study the plot in each story, they look for the accordance between the structure of a narration and the syntax of a sentence, so that they would achieve a general pattern for all stories this way. In line with this, many structuralist narratologists, including Claude Bremond, have attempted to develop this structuralist pattern in a way that would make it possible to analyze it in any type of story. After a brief overview of narration theories, the present paper studies Bremond's model, which is based on the relationship between the smallest narrative units, and its accordance with the plot of Lion and Cow story in Kelileh and Demneh. The aim is to study both the plot and its features based a new approach and also to reveal the accordance of this model in such stories.