Ph.D. Dissertation:

the way of narrative and story elements in kush nameh (koosh nameh) with a semi look to shahnameh of ferdowsi

elements of this story. Kooshname is a relic versified and belong to sixth century AH wich was written by Iran shah Ibn Abu al-Khair Hakim With influences and imitations of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and its subject is the adventure of anti-heroes named Pil dandan Koosh. He is the agent detruction of dynasty of Jamshid who were displaced in Chin and machin land in the period of Zahhak Kingdom until advent of Fereydoon. Although the story elements are related to contemporary literature, application of story elements can be clearly found in the stories of Kooshname; Elements such as: Plan, characterization, point of view, tone, dialogue, scene, time and place that some of them are faintly in this epopee But some of them have been used well Which represents the ability of the poet to describe the characters, scenes, dialogue and etc. This study has investigated methods of narrative and story elements of Kooshname And atates its impact from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. In investigating the elements of story, Kooshname can be divided into several short stories because it is a long story and each story is investigated separately. All the features of epic literature and fiction literature can be found in Kooshname.

Keywords: Kooshname, Shahname, Pil dandan Koosh, story elements, narrative