Analysis of the reflection of "Sheikh Sanaan"story in some selected Persian novels

The story of "Sheikh Sanaan" is the story of the love of an oldholy man and his surrender to a girl of another faiththat finally leades to him questioning his own faith.This story is reflected in a considerable number of Persian novels, sometimes in the form of recreation and sometimes in the form of rewriting.The aim of the present study is to show,compare and analyze the rewrites and recreations of Sheikh Sanaan's mystical story in Persian novel, based on these for novels: "Yakoliaa va tanhaayi-e ou", "Savushoun", " Toubaa va manaay- e shab" and "Rood-e Raavi". This study shows that, like the story of Sheikh Sanaan, helplessness in love is evident in all four novels; but the characters’ reaction to the realization of their infatuation is different in each story.The exaltation of the old man's character also occurs through love in all four narratives.There are also differences in the fate of the female beloved after the occurrence of love. Except for" Yakoliaa va tanhaayi-e ou ", in the other three stories, the woman is also saved. In addition to the divine motive - to cause each of the characters to fall in love - other external and internal motives can be consideredfor the tendency of female characters to this process.In the novels "Yakoliaa va tanhaayi-e ou " and " Rood-e Raavi ", the woman is an evil element who deliberately puts herself in the path of an ascetic man, while in the other two novels, her lover has voluntarily set foot on the path of love.