An Examination of the Psychological Development of the Child in Molavi's Masnavi from a Jean Piaget-Inspired Perspective

Study and textual criticism of Persian based on the theory of contemporary psychologists opens a new window for the reader and discloses linking literary works with psychological science. According to this approach in Molavi ’s psychological approach, the identity and independent personality of the child according to the outer and inner surface of man, in two dimensions, psychological growth and intellectual growth are mentioned together that stopping the child’s abnormal growth in each of these two dimensions will cause the deficiency of the other dimension. Therefore, this article explains the theoretical principles and stages of Piaget’s development in Molavi ’s Masnavi with a descriptive and analytical method and with an approach to Piaget’a theory of cognitive development and puts on the audience a new psychological understanding of primary emotions, the non-verbal language of crying, symbolic creation, the schemas of physical actions and internalization process,play, vivid perception of things and child imitation.