A Morphological Analysis of the Characters of Alla-o-ddin Abu Shamat Anecdote on the Basis of the Indicator-Status Model

Nowadays, a considerable number of research is allocated to the morphological study of stories. However, a brief look at the books and researches available in the realm of Persian literature reveals that such researches mainly focus on the morphology of the stories and anecdotes on the basis of the models provided by Vladimir Propp, Roland Barthes, Claude Bremond, Tzvetan Todorov, and A.J. Greimas. Accordingly, the present article is to analyze the morphology of the characters of a-thousand-and-one nights on the basis of a slightly different model proposed by the authors which is composed of two components: indicator and status. Using a simple efficient coding system, and on the basis of 11 indicators, and some statuses each of which is different according to its number and concept, the authors try to analyze the morphology of the Alla-o-ddin Abu Shamat anecdote as a sample. It goes without saying that the results of the application of this method in analyzing the whole number of the anecdotes present in a-thousand-and-one nights will better clarify the efficiency and universality of such a model