TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeghiazaryan,Azat
AU  - Cowe,S.Peter
TI  - Daredevils of Sasun: Poetics of an Epic 
T2  - Armenian Studies Series,
SN  - 9781568591674(alk. paper)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Costa Mesa, Calif.
PB  - Mazda Publishers
KW  - Սասնա ծռեր
KW  - Epic poetry, Armenian
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliogr. references and indexes; 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
ER  -