Structure of Epic Language in Kushnameh-ye Iranshan Ibn Abilkhir

One of the subjects in new criticism is to investigate the structure of language in literary works.  The pattern suggested for the study of epic language, studies the characteristic of poetic language used in epic in terms of music, phonetic, diction, syntax, rhetoric, content, and theme to explore how this literary genre manifest itself in language and describes the process of epic composition.  For this reason taking Shahnameh as the yardstick for epic language and employing formalistic theories and the pattern provided by schloars Shahbazi and Malek Sabet in this regard this article seeks to study the epic language in Kushnameh.  At every level necessary parameters are defined their manifestation in the epic language are shown providing evidence to indicate the characteristics of the epic language followed by the enquiry about how successful Iranshan Abilkhayr had been  in using the epic language. Results obtained show that Abilkhayr as one of the imitators of epic language, selecting shahnameh for model had been fairly successful in employing the epic language in many instances and his work is recognized as a complete example of national epic composition after Shahnameh.