Iranian Persian Language and Literature Promotion Society Research on Mystical Literature HTTPS://JP 2 2 2008 08 22 From historical narratrion to story narration A comparison between the methods of narration in Nezami's Iskandarname and Ferdowsi's From historical narratrion to story narration A comparison between the methods of narration in Nezami's Iskandarname and Ferdowsi's 1 28 16368 FA Mahmood Modabberi Associate professor of persian language and literature, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. Najmeh Howsseinin Sarvari Ph.D student of persian language and literature, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. Journal Article 2016 06 14 Iskandar is one of the historical personalities whose life has been applied both by Ferdowsi – in Shahname – and Nezami – in Sharafname and Ighbalname – for planning narrative. Narrations are countless, however, in spite of varieties in narrative forms, all narrations requires a requisite; i.e. a narrator. This is the narrator who is the major source of distinction in almost every narration. In this paper, narrative techniques which are applied by Ferdowsi and Nezami in “Iskandar tale” are analyzed. To achieve this purpose, after a brief definition of narrative, some differences between historical narrative and story narrative are mentioned. Afterwards, both texts are analyzed and interpreted according to the way in which viewpoints and verisimilitude methods are dealt with. The range of success to which verisimilitude is obtained is estimated on the basis of such factors as speech techniques, descriptions, transition strategies, and correspondence to genre restrictions. Iskandar is one of the historical personalities whose life has been applied both by Ferdowsi – in Shahname – and Nezami – in Sharafname and Ighbalname – for planning narrative. Narrations are countless, however, in spite of varieties in narrative forms, all narrations requires a requisite; i.e. a narrator. This is the narrator who is the major source of distinction in almost every narration. In this paper, narrative techniques which are applied by Ferdowsi and Nezami in “Iskandar tale” are analyzed. To achieve this purpose, after a brief definition of narrative, some differences between historical narrative and story narrative are mentioned. Afterwards, both texts are analyzed and interpreted according to the way in which viewpoints and verisimilitude methods are dealt with. The range of success to which verisimilitude is obtained is estimated on the basis of such factors as speech techniques, descriptions, transition strategies, and correspondence to genre restrictions. https://jpll.ui.ac.ir/article_16368_85bf4b27989425c14896f0c1f25d42ca.pdf