The Role of Motif Study in Determining the Literary Genre of Narratives: Based on Dārāb-Nāmeh, Qirān Habaši, Musayyab-Nāmeh

Knowledge of literary genres is one of the oldest and most influential intertextual approaches that has been used to classify texts since the past and has been subject to change. But the background of the theory of genres in Iran is less than a century, and its justified application in a comprehensive way in many fields and literary trends is still facing ambiguities and challenges. For example, in classifying ancient narratives, the question arises: on what basis and with what considerations...