Vyhnanství a exil jako jeden z ústředních motivů arménské etnicity : koncept ghaributhjun

• Authors: Petra Košťálová

Title variants

EN

Ghaributhyun : the exile as one of central themes of Armenian ethnicity

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the notion of exile and its significance in the Armenian historical and literary discourse. The exile represents in the Armenian context one of the cornerstones of Armenian ethnicity construction and it could be said without exaggeration, that Armenian history (both medieval and modern) is pervaded by this dominant or more precisely "key" theme. The exile symbolizes primarily the concept of uprootedness (exile from the country as well as the alienation from the society), which is conceived in close connection with the search for identity itself. In other words, the exile can be considered as a kind of "rite de passage" - the position on the border or "threshold" between two cultures, languages and worlds.

Keywords

EN

Armenia; Armenian History; Armenian Literature; Ethnicity; Exile; Gharib

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 403-419
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Petra Košťálová

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic