عنوان

Daredevils of Sasun

(Number (ISBN

9781568591674 (alk. paper)

Number

88-1999

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Daredevils of Sasun

Other Title Information

: poetics of an epic

First Statement of Responsibility

/ by Azat Yeghiazaryan ; translated and edited by S. Peter Cowe.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Costa Mesa, Calif.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Mazda Publishers

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2008.

Date

0803

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

254p.

Series Title

Armenian studies series ;

Volume Designation

no. 12

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

The epic and Armenian history -- The epic and mythology -- 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 countryside and state of Sasun -- Walnut rye and eglantine wheat -- Traces of 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.

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Sasuntsi Dawit.

Epic poetry, Armenian - History and criticism.

Class number

Book number

Eghiazaryan, Azat.

Cowe, S. Peter.

Date of Transaction

20091216113538.0

BL

129675

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