Yeghiazaryan, Azat <br/><br/>
Daredevils of Sasun :  Poetics of an Epic / 
Azat Yeghiazaryan ; Translation from the Armenian by S. Peter Cowe. 
 - Costa Mesa, Calif. :  Mazda Publishers,  2008. 
 - 254 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Armenian Studies Series,  No. 12 .
 - Armenian Studies Series, No. 12 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliogr. references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781568591674(alk. paper) 1568591675 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Սասնա ծռեր 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Epic poetry, Armenian--History and criticism