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FerdowsilSh~?hnameh ersian Lesson on The Rebirth of Rostam
This elementarylintermediate Persian lesson begins with pre-reading and pre-listening activities, proceeds withreading and listening activities and practice, and culminates in the viewing of an animation feature film in Persiancalled
The Rebirth of Rostam,
which tells a version of the story of Rostam and his son Sohrib inspired by Ferdowsi's
Shrihnrimek
[Book of Kings].
DVD
copies of
The Rebirth ofRosram
are available for purchase at IranianMovies.com.$1. Read an English translation of Ferdowsi's story of Rostam and Sohrib. Here is a list of publications and websites which offer translations of the story.Ferdowsi, Abolqisem.
The
Epic
of the Kings.
Translated by Reuben Levy. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago,1967; New York,
NY:
Arkana(Penguin), 1990. 4.65-80.
.
The Shhhnhmeh: The Persian Book of Kings.
Translated by Dick Davis. New York. NY: PenguinClassics, 2006. Pp. 187-214.
.
The Shah-Nameh of Fardoicsi.
Translated from the original Persian by Alexander Ross. New Delhi:Heritage Publishers, 1973: first published by London: Chapman
81
Hall, 1907
.
The Shahnh of Firdausi
Done into English by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner. 9 volumes.Available at various On-line sites.
,
The Shdhndma of Firdousi.
Done into English by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner. Volume111. Ann Arbor, MI: Xerox University Microfilms. Available at The Shahnama of Firdausi-Google Book Results.
,
Fathers ond Sons: Stories from the Slmhnomeh of Ferdowsi.
Volume 2. Translated by Dick Davis.Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2000.
The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam.
Translated by Jerome W. Clinton. Seattle, WA: University ofWashington Press, 1996. Revised edition. First edition, 1988.
$2.
Check items in the following vocabulary list
(X)
which identify objects, characters, and events likely to appear ina movie about war and hand-to-hand combat in ancient Iran.castle
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fortress
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tower
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,
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,
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gate
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saddle
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horse
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helmet /kolih khudl
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coat of maillarmor
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bwt(s)
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mountain -mountains
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rnountain(ous) area
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elain(s)
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desert
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river
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woods -forest
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dagger
-
sword
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spear InayzU
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mace
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lasso, rope
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bow and arrow (lit: arrow and bow)
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quiver
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,
battle
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,
,
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,
battlefield ImaydW
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+
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J+
war
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attack
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escape
JIG
surrender(ing)
4
combat, war, battle
C~J
king
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prince, princess
b~lipIk
paladin
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0
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enemy
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fighter, combatant
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army (division)demon
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52.1. While working with this lesson and preparing to watch the movie which is the lesson's last activity, think ofother words relevant to reading and listening on the subject of ancient warfare. Use an English-Persian dictionary(e.g., Farhang Moaser
Living English-Persian Dictionary
by
M.R. Bateni et al., 2007 [3rd edition]) to find Persianequivalents for English terms that come to mind.
shield
y
-.
.
ar
engine,
catapult, manganel
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,
are
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hatchet
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ambush
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night
raid
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,
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$3.
In each of the four groups of words below, match proper Persian names in the column to the right with theirEnglish equivalents or definitions in the columns to the left. Ask your instructor or other adult native speaker ofPersian for help in cases where you cannot match pairs. Having read an English translation of Ferdowsi's story ofSohrib, you should
be
able to match the six pairs in each of the four groups through the process of elimination.
,,
the son of the Iranian paladin Rostam
-
+J
\
Iran's most famous legendary warrior
-
cr'l.n~~
7Rostam's white-haired father
-
J~J
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an Iranian king
-
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f
an Iranian paladin whom Sohrab caplures and who later lies to Sohrib ahout Rostam
-
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4)
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Turanian monarch and lran~an rch-enemy
-
cr'&~>i
F
Rostam's grandfather and Nariman's son
-
V
Iranian female warrior who fights to protect the White Fortress
-
.~>TJ>
A
? ?
daughter of the King of Samangh who proposes "marriage" to Rostam
-
J~,JJS~
Iranian farmer, Iranian landowner
-
-?P
creator, divine provider
-
Zoroastrian priest
-
the land of Iran's arch enemies
-
, ,
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Iranian mountain range which separates the Caspian littoral from Tehr3.n
-
&+J
G'J~
f
.
-
legendary Iranian "capital" called Perseplis in English
-
\D
Iran's tallest mountain
-
LLi>h;06
\?
, ,
a border area and kingdom between Irh and Turin
;&
\Vnative region of the family of Nariman, Sim,
ZBI
and Rostam
-
chief devil or demon in Zoroastrian mythology
-
White Demon whom Rostam kills
-
-%J
y.
.I
I
lord, lord god
-
A9i
Y\
'
I.
the ciry in Khorb3.n where Ferdowsi was horn, lived, and is buried
-
LL~~IA
YY
author of the 11th-century Persian epic called
Shrihnrimeh
-
iebolqasCrnfcrdowsul
flS~P
LhJ
lpl
YY
mythological phoenix-like bird who raise Rostam's white-haired father
-
&
yf
$3.1.
Use www.iranica.com
(Encyclopaedia Iranica On-line)
and other On-line resources to get more informationabout foregoing names.
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