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Daredevils of Sasun : poetics of an epic / Azat Yeghiazaryan ; translation from the Armenian by S. Peter Cowe.
Van Pelt Library PK8547.S27 Z6513 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eghiazaryan, Azat.
- Series:
- Armenian studies series ; no. 12.
- Armenian studies series ; no. 12
- Standardized Title:
- "Sasna tsṛer" ēposi poetikan. English
- Language:
- Armenian
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sasuntsʻi Dawitʻ.
- Epic poetry, Armenian--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Armenian.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 254 pages : map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Costa Mesa, Calif. : Mazda Publishers, 2008.
- Contents:
- The epic and Armenian history
- The epic and myth
- Daredevils of Sasun and earlier Armenian folkloric traditions
- The epic's impact on modern Armenian literate culture
- Man and community
- The 'external' man
- Epic harmony
- The nature and significance of epic action
- The hero's spiritual world
- Evolution of the epic hero
- The epic adversary and negative hero
- Humor in the epic
- The history of the House of Sasun
- The Christian perspective on history and Daredevils of Sasun
- The heroes' childhood
- The characterization of Little Mher
- The epic world in time and space
- The land of Sasun, its natural setting, and socio-political structure
- Walnut rye and eglantine wheat
- Traces of epic world unity
- God, saints, and idols in the epic world
- The narrator and the audience
- Narrative clarity and dynamism
- Epic repetitions and recurring epithets
- The hero's speech.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-239) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781568591674
- 1568591675
- OCLC:
- 192082690
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