THE STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF K. ERZNKATSI'S VERSES

Abstract

This article is devoted to the examination of linguistic features of K. Yerznkatsi’s poems. Kostandin Yerznkatsi is the first singer of nature and love in the Armenian medieval ballads. There is very little information about K. Yerznkatsi. He lived and created from the second half of the 13 the century to the first decades of the 14 th century. In terms of thematicity and content, K. Yerznkatsi’s verses are divided into the following groups: religious, moral, nature, love. However, in general, the poet's work has a personal-social, lyrical character. The poet's mood, environment, world perception, many internal and external circumstances naturally play a decisive role in the imagery system of each work. K. Yerznkatsi's poems stand out for their unique linguistic structures and stylistic features. They are rich in epithets, comparisons, metaphors, repetitions, contrasts. The use of these stylistic means gives the columns unique expressiveness and sensitivity Kostandin Yerznaktsi’s lines of are about longing and love for life, heartfelt desire to enjoy it, hope and joy, faith in achieving happiness. It is interesting that along with the allegorical manifestations of the feeling of love, unlike those of other medieval authors, K. Yerznkatsi's poems are often devoid of religious interpretations, because K. Yerznkatsi was a man of a more secular era of thinking and approached nature, its awakening with a more sober view, created spiritual songs of nature, expressing in them his naturalist doctrine, which were again based on the almighty idea of God.