Morphology of Iranian Folktales and Translation

The present study aims to analyze a number of Iranian folktales and their translations based on the linear sequential structural analysis, morphology, postulated by Vladimir Propp (1968). The objective is to investigate the functions of folk or fairy tales and their rendition.In other words, the purpose is to see if the language of these tales has been preserved or not and further to see to what extent this syntagmatic model is operational. This study aims at using Propp’s model as a tentative model in evaluating the translation of Iranian folktales.