A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear

From Jung's point of view, the process of individuation is a kind of maturation and psychological development during which the center of personality shifts from "I" to the "Self". Literature has a long-standing connection with the human psyche, and similar to dreams and myth...

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Main Authors: maryam dabaghian, Mohammad Behnamfar, zeynab nowruzi, Katayoun Zarei Toossi
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Published: University of Birjand 2024-01-01
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description From Jung's point of view, the process of individuation is a kind of maturation and psychological development during which the center of personality shifts from "I" to the "Self". Literature has a long-standing connection with the human psyche, and similar to dreams and myths, poetry and art are expressions of innermost human desires and aspirations. As a mystic thinker, with the purpose for human unity, Molavi tries to offers a refined model for an individuated person in the story of “Hosh-Roba Fortress”. In King Lear, Shakespeare too, portrays a man in a journey of inner progress. It can be said that both Molavi and Shakespeare portray the circular movement of self-discovery in the form of beautiful human pictures in these two works. In the present essay, an attempt is made to do a comparative analysis of the process of individuation in the story of "Hosh-Roba Fortress" and King Lear. The findings show that the journey of each one of the heroes is a symbolic representation of their psychological search for individuality during which the younger prince and King Lear go through a difficult path in their journey from the conscious to the unconscious, experience an encounter with the unconscious forces, reach the final integration with the anima archetype and establish a connection with the hero's’ consciousness in a way that, with the guidance of the wise old man, they put behind the inner shadows and outer personas and finally find their selves and, according to Rumi, “They are born again”.
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spelling doaj-art-df17894e3467433aa60c03bfd83d9ba22025-08-20T03:07:41ZfasUniversity of Birjandمطالعات بین‌رشته‌ای ادبیات، هنر و علوم انسانی2783-27592024-01-013212510.22077/islah.2023.6104.12512517A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Learmaryam dabaghian0Mohammad Behnamfar1zeynab nowruzi2Katayoun Zarei Toossi3Ph.D. Student of Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranProf. of Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranAssociate Professor in Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranAssistant Professor in English Language and Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranFrom Jung's point of view, the process of individuation is a kind of maturation and psychological development during which the center of personality shifts from "I" to the "Self". Literature has a long-standing connection with the human psyche, and similar to dreams and myths, poetry and art are expressions of innermost human desires and aspirations. As a mystic thinker, with the purpose for human unity, Molavi tries to offers a refined model for an individuated person in the story of “Hosh-Roba Fortress”. In King Lear, Shakespeare too, portrays a man in a journey of inner progress. It can be said that both Molavi and Shakespeare portray the circular movement of self-discovery in the form of beautiful human pictures in these two works. In the present essay, an attempt is made to do a comparative analysis of the process of individuation in the story of "Hosh-Roba Fortress" and King Lear. The findings show that the journey of each one of the heroes is a symbolic representation of their psychological search for individuality during which the younger prince and King Lear go through a difficult path in their journey from the conscious to the unconscious, experience an encounter with the unconscious forces, reach the final integration with the anima archetype and establish a connection with the hero's’ consciousness in a way that, with the guidance of the wise old man, they put behind the inner shadows and outer personas and finally find their selves and, according to Rumi, “They are born again”.https://islah.birjand.ac.ir/article_2517_78ea793146bc55150f79a2c267f9f715.pdfjungmolaviindividuated manrebirth" hosh-roba fortress"shakespeareking lear
spellingShingle maryam dabaghian
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zeynab nowruzi
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A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear
مطالعات بین‌رشته‌ای ادبیات، هنر و علوم انسانی
jung
molavi
individuated man
rebirth
" hosh-roba fortress"
shakespeare
king lear
title A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear
title_full A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear
title_fullStr A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear
title_full_unstemmed A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear
title_short A Comparative Study of the Concept of Individuated Man in Masnavi's “Hosh-Raba Fortress” and Shakespeare's King Lear
title_sort comparative study of the concept of individuated man in masnavi s hosh raba fortress and shakespeare s king lear
topic jung
molavi
individuated man
rebirth
" hosh-roba fortress"
shakespeare
king lear
url https://islah.birjand.ac.ir/article_2517_78ea793146bc55150f79a2c267f9f715.pdf
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