Daredevils of Sasun : Poetics of an Epic - Yeghiazaryan, Azat; Cowe, S. Peter (Costa Mesa, Calif. : Mazda Publishers, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliogr. references and indexes.
Keywords: 9; Epic poetry, Armenian -- History and criticism