Research Catalog

Title

David of Sassoun : critical studies on the Armenian epic / Dickran Kouymjian, Barlow Der Mugrdechian, editors.

Publication

Fresno, Calif. : Press at California State University, Fresno, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kouymjian, Dickran.
• Der Mugrdechian, Barlow.

Description

xv, 209 pages : portrait, music; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Armenian series ; no. 4

Uniform Title

Armenian series no. 4.

Subject

• Sasuntsʻi Dawitʻ
• Sasuntsʻi Dawitʻ > Congresses
• Sasuntsʻi Dawitʻ
• Sasownc̕i Dawit̕
• Epic poetry, Armenian > History and criticism > Congresses
• Folk literature, Armenian > Congresses
• Littérature populaire arménienne > Congrès
• 18.68 Indo-European languages: other
• Epic poetry, Armenian
• Folk literature, Armenian
• Armenisch
• Volksepos
• Armenians
• Armenien

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Papers from the International Symposium, "David of Sassoun: The Armenian Folk Epic after a Century," organized by the Armenian Studies Program of California State University, Fresno and held on the university campus on November 30, 1978.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.

Language (note)

• Chiefly English; two contributions in French; two poems in Armenian with English translations.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The history and enigma of the Armenian epic / Dickran Kouymjian -- Sasounts'i Davit: synopsis of the official version of the Armenian epic / Dickran Kouymjian -- Sasna tsrer: the newly discovered Sanam Stenian California variant : Introduction / Dickran Kouymjian ; note by the translator / Charles Dowsett ; Translation of the Armenian text / Flora Chaderjian-Istanboulian ; English translation / Flora Chaderjian-Istanboulian & Charles Dowsett -- A twelfth century Arabic version of the Armenian folk epic Sasna tsrer / Aram Ter-Ghevondian -- Myth on the way to romance: the Sassoun cycle / Earl R. Anderson -- The historical and geographic setting of the Armenian epic / Chaké Der Melkonian-Minassian -- Recherches sur la composition et la construction de l'Épopée arménienne / Frédéric Feydit -- Versification in the Armenian epic / Charles Dowsett -- The oath and the curse as a source of action in David of Sassoun / Arpiné Khatchadourian -- The "David cycle" of the Armenian epic: a comparison of versions / Aram Tolegian -- L'image de la femme dans l'Épopée populaire arménienne David de Sassoun / Chaké Der Melkonian-Minassian -- A century of David: the effect of the epic on modern Armenian literature / Vahé Oshagan -- The house of giants or David of Sassoun / Ashough Hovnani -- The house of giants or David of Sassoun (English translation) / Arra Avakian -- A critical bibliography for the study of David of Sassoun / Dickran Kouymjian & Barlow Der Mugrdechian.

ISBN

• 0912201452
• 9780912201450

LCCN

2012945894

OCLC

• 811408505
• SCSB-11894057

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library