Gulistan and Bostan Stage Analysis Based on the Todorov's Theory

Given that narrativization has a unique position in Saadi’s works, the main purpose of this study is to introduce and to analyze these types of stories in Saadi's Gulistan and Bostan. Also, another purpose of this study is to investigate the stories based on Tzvetan Todorov’s framework from the "typology" of rules and laws governing the construction of these known anecdotes. Results of this study showed that there were similarities between the fictional story of Gulistan and Bostan with Todorov's theory in terms of the presence of features such as event-based stories, the principle of causality non-mediated, emphasis on character interaction, lack of psychology, there is an imaginary time and place, the presence of exemplary character, and the absoluteness of some characters. Also, these stories were categorized into three species of mythical, epistemological and ideological tales. According to the survey, it was found that most stories in Gulistan were "epistemological" (48%) and the least were “anecdotal” (12%). However, in Bostan, the highest proportion was allocated to the epistemological side (59.52%) and the least belonged to the ideological category (7.15%). As the result, ideological category is the lowest one in both stories. However, for the highest proportion, the decision is not that much clear.