Journal | Armeniaca
Journal issue | 2 | 2023
Research Article | Affinities Between Armenian and Persian Linguistic and Literary Forms in the Early Modern Period
Affinities Between Armenian and Persian Linguistic and Literary Forms in the Early Modern Period
A Case Study of Two Poems by Grigoris Ałt‘amarc‘i
Abstract
This paper analyses the poetic form and language of two poems by Grigoris Ałt‘amarc‘i, a prominent Armenian poet from the early modern period, in the multilingual and multireligious environment of Anatolia and Armenian highlands. Through an analysis of the forms, expressions and symbolism found in the poems Tał Astuacatur Xat‘ayec‘un i Grigoris kat‘ołikosē Ałt‘amarc‘oy and Du es aregak, as well as the linguistic data collected from them, this paper explores the stylistic kinship between early modern Armenian and new Persian poetry. It discusses the ways in which Ałt‘amarc‘i navigates the predominantly Persian and partly Turkish languages in the Islamicised milieu, and composed poems with an Armenian affiliation.
Submitted: Feb. 27, 2023 | Accepted: May 12, 2023 | Published Nov. 22, 2023 | Language: en
Keywords Armenian • Literature • Language, Mulammaʿ • Poetry • Genre • Persian
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/arm/2974-6051/2023/01/005
