Analysis and structure ofthe story of“Namaki” according to Bruno Bettelheim Viewpoints

Abstract

Many scholars believe in the educational aspect of arts. An art represents human’s inner world and plays a vital role in his psychological and emotional development. Literature is one of the liberal arts and story is a literary form that contains the cultural characteristics and beliefs of a nation and reveals the people personality traits. Bruno Bettelheim has theories on the impact of folktales on the integrity of the child’s personality. This article tries to analyze the story of “Namaki” from psychological viewpoint according to Bruno Bettelheim theories on the legends and folktales. This story is one of the famous legends of Farashband, one of the southern cities of Fars province. It was concluded that the story of “Namaki” as well as other legends, narrates the story of making efforts to achieve integrity and unity of personality in an indirect way.