The Intertextual Analysis of The Archetype of Father-Son Confrontation in Chamedan and Ghesse-haye Dar-e Gooshi

Goharpad, Maryam; Najar, Esmaeil

doi:10.22034/pmlj.2025.14721.1061

The Intertextual Analysis of The Archetype of Father-Son Confrontation in Chamedan and Ghesse-haye Dar-e Gooshi

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maryam Goharpad

Esmaeil Najar

Department of Drama, College of Arts and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University

10.22034/pmlj.2025.14721.1061

Abstract

The father-son confrontation is one of the mythical concepts that has an ancient history among various literary cultures and is rooted in the collective unconscious of human beings. Bozorg Alavi and Amir Reza Koohestani are two Iranian writers who addressed this point in their earliest works. This study, by using an analytical-descriptive approach, compares the motif and archetype of father-son confrontation in the short story Chamedan [Luggage] (1934) and the play Ghesse-haye dar-e Gooshi [Secret Stories] (2017). Based on Oedipus Complex we situate these texts on intertextual-comparative ground and analyze them by extracting intertextual concepts and their shared characteristicsThe researchers consider Chamedan as an mediatory text for the transition of this archetypal confrontation with Ghesse-haye Dar-e Gooshi, and despite the differences in the mediums of these literary works, the authors believe that the basis of these works is the Oedipus/Father complex, which directly impacted the fictional and the dramatic characters.

Keywords

Oedipus Complex

Father Complex

Chamedan

Ghesse-haye Dar-e Gooshi

Bozorg Alavi

Amir Reza Koohestani