Armeniaca International Journal of Armenian Studies

Rivista | Armeniaca
Fascicolo | 2 | 2023
Articolo | 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.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 27 Febbraio 2023 | Accettato: 12 Maggio 2023 | Pubblicato 22 Novembre 2023 | Lingua: en

Keywords PoetryLanguage, MulammaʿLiteratureArmenianGenrePersian


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