Hero
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The Hero in the Epic of Sheikh San'an Hawrami According to Joseph Campbell's Theory of the "Hero's Journey"
Emad Ahmed Khaleel, Hemn Omar Ahmad
This paper entitled (The Hero in the Epic of Sheikh San'an Hawrami According to Joseph Campbell's Theory of the "Hero's Journey") is an attempt to introduce the hero of the Epic of Sheikh San'an Hawrami according to the theory of the hero's journey, That was set by the American mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904-1987). This theory consists of three sections, All three sections consist of seventeen stages. Joseph Campbell believes that no hero being is excluded from these seventeen stages, but not every Hero has to go through all seventeen stages in parallel, but varies from Hero to Hero. In this study, the journey of the hero of the Epic of Sheikh San'an Hawrami has been evaluated according to this theory and all the stages that the hero has gone through with the stages that the hero has not gone through have been discussed. Finally, the results are presented, one of which is the circular event of the Epic and the relationship between the gender of the hero and the subject of the journey. Through this special feature, the hero and the path of the journey within the structure of Sheikh San'an Hawrami epic is identified and by using the theory takes the relationship of Sheikh San'an Hawrami epic with several genders of Sufism and mythology to the structure of world epic.
Volume 7 · Issue 3 · August 2020Color in Dramatic Text
Manswr Nahman Najim
The research includes four topics. In topic one, research problem is addressed through formulating the query, how color would be employed in dramatic text. The importance of the research was demonstrated as an indication of the various aesthetic and critical readings of the dramatic texts, that grants renewed life in different understandings. One central goal was identified, exposing chromatic diversity in the texture of dramatic text. As for the objective limit, it was: Variation of color and movement in the structure of the dramatic text. Topic two has two axes: 1- Words & color symbol, in which the color schemes were addressed as an integral part of the effectiveness of the dramatic text. 2- Color and significance. The semantics of the text are unlimited, but completely open to different understandings, because they push it to formulate a new meaning, which may be completely different from its familiar meaning. In topic 3 three texts were deliberately chosen from the research community: 1- Richard III, by Shakespeare 2- When Moon Faded, by Singh2 3- Little Eylof, by Ibsen3 The sample was analyzed under the shed of descriptive analytical approach, while its tool was observation and the resulting theoretical framework. The sample is analyzed within the following axes Chromatic Characterization Chromatic contrast. 2 -Personal heroine color3 Color metaphor4 Results discussed at topic 4, such conclusions emerged 1- The dominant color in the dramatic text is in a specific color, and may be in two specific colors 2- Color forms a deep structure in dramatic text. 3-Dramatic space pairs with the psychological color of the hero. A recommendation was made and the research was concluded with a list of sources and references.