Heroic Journey of Character in Boof _e_Koor Relying on Archetypes Awakening the Hero Within

Archetype criticism is one of the modern literal theories based on psychological review which has been based on Jung ideas. In this type of criticism، while studying and examining the archetype of a work، it is revealed how they are understood by poem and author. Archetypes which are the products of repeated experiences of human life and have been deposited in the subconscious have been analyzed and examined from different angles and dimensions. Based on these studies، heroic journey is possible in order to achieve the perfection and individuality dream relying on the existence of archetypes in everybody’s life. The present article is aimed to review Boof-e-koor by Sadegh Hedayat from the perspective of archetypal criticism relying on the fundamentals of intellectual basis of Carol Pearson and Hio. K. Marr based on 12 archetypes of awakening the heroes within. The authors try to introduce these archetypes briefly and also show the fictional characters، just like Hoshivar’s characters، manifesting these archetypes، could follow individuation and take heroic journey. The results show that Boof-e-koor is full of archetypes and due to its psychological approach، can be analyzed based on archetypal theories. Reincarnating9 archetypes، Boof-e-koor takes individuation and the fictional characters act as the breeders on initiation.