Greek Origin Research Articles

Complex translations at the imperial court in Constantinople: The Graeco-Latin imperial treaties with Venice from the Late Byzantine period

The bilingual-Latin-Greek-documents from the Byzantine imperial chancery provide insight into the work on translating texts with many technical terms in Constantinople. A unique source on translation studies are the treaties between the Byzantine emperor and Venice under the Palaiologan dynasty most of which are preserved in original form in the State Archive of Venice. This study outlines the problems these documents pose in their development and critically discusses the commonly held view on original Greek texts and respective Latin translations. Reflecting the process of negotiating a treaty, the translation runs from Latin to Greek at least in some cases. However, the ultimate result, a bilingual contract, depends on several parameters, so the vocabulary, grammar and any prior contracts and repeated phrases or sentences in each document need to be analysed; furthermore, one must determine whether a phrase originally came from Latin or Greek. The bilingual treaty resulting from a very complex process is termed here ?complex translation?. This article approaches the problem through two case studies. It will be pivotal for further studies to compare the wording of the treaty items with the preceding ones. To facilitate a diachronic overview, the study ends with two lists of the addressed issues.

Неуловимый Гермес: к вопросу об идентификации Гермеса и Тота и мистериальном характере герметизма

The article treats the history of the identification of the Greek Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth, which eventually brought to existence the figure of Hermes Trismegistus, the founder of Hermeticism. The treatment of the complex genesis of this figure is connected with the solution of an important question for understanding the phenomenon of Hermeticism: what significance did Hermeticism grant to the mystery component? The problem stems from the structure of the Hermetic Corpus itself, which consists of philosophical texts of Greek origin and esoteric texts dating back to the Egyptian tradition. The history of Hermeticism is traced in the article as the history of the mutual influence of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. Through the figure of Pythagoras I establish a connection between Pythagoreanism, Hermes and Egyptian mysteries. Plato, then, gives an original view of Hermes and Thoth; the next step is a transition to the Hellenistic Egypt, where the two deities were identified. The final step is the first evidence of Hermes Trismegistus and its origin. The article examines the reasons and possibilities for such an identification: the main functions of Hermes and Thoth, which at first glance are identical, present some discrepancies. First, the function of psychopompos: I draw attention to the concept of memory, power upon which is unique to the Greek Hermes; second, the power upon word, logos: while Hermes has the realm of the spoken word, Thoth is associated with the written text and thus magic (magical Egyptian practices are based on the power of the written word). The metamorphosis of Hermes from god to daimon and, finally, to man is also important (on the basis of the evidence of Plato and later hermetic mythology): this provided Hermes with the opportunity to become a central figure and conductor of mystical teachings, like Orpheus.

Popularne nazwiska mieszkańców powiatu hajnowskiego na początku XXI wieku

The aim of the article is to describe popular surnames of the residents of the Hajnowka district in the early 21st century. The object of analysis is the surnames that, with regard to the number of their bearers, occupy the 20th to 40th position. The following surnames have been analyzed: Pawluczuk, Sawczuk, Sacharczuk, Wołkowycki, Sadowski, Gawryluk, Leoniuk, Oniszczuk, Daniluk, Jakoniuk, Niczyporuk, Jakubowski, Fiedoruk, Jakimiuk, Androsiuk, Sajewicz, Ostaszewski, Roszczenko, Romańczuk, Sidoruk. The surnames are described according to the following patterns: a) dialectal pronunciation of the surname, b) the number of bearers of the surname in Poland, c) the distribution of the surname, d) populations of bearers of the surname in the Podlaskie voivodeship, e) larger populations of the surname bearers outside of the Podlaskie voivodeship, f) the number of the surname bearers in the Hajnowka district, g) the percentage of the surname bearers in the Hajnowka district compared to the whole country, h) the position of the Hajnowka district in Poland with regard to the number of bearers of the surname, i) probable etymologies and motivations of the surname, j) cognate surnames. A separate publication was devoted to the most popular names in the Hajnowka district in the early 21 st century, where the author described 20 anthroponyms. The analysis of the anthroponymic material shows that the surname system of the Hajnowka district residents has largely preserved its traditional East Slavic character. The prevailing ones here are patronymic surnames, predominant in the East Slavic areas, which are related to names of Greek origin. This system contains features typical of individual East Slavic languages and of the Polish language, which played a significant role in its formation.

THE GREEK KAI BALKAN TRADITION FOCUSING ON THE DUPLE RHYTHMIC FORMATIONS OF “HORA” AND “MAKELARIKO” (KNOWN AS “HASAPOSERVIKO”)

One of the benefits of the folklore revival is the enrichment of information about the folk instruments andthe and dances of the Greek tradition and their evolution both morphologically and musically. Many times, thedefinition of the Greek tradition divided intellectual people who tried to detect the basic characteristics thatdifferentiate the Neo-Greek culture from the cultures of other peoples. Moreover, traditional dances are part of thespirit of observance, as one of its main means of expression..In this particular study, the aim is to demonstrate thecharacteristics of the Greek tradition and the tradition of the Balkan people with the traditional instrument santourias a reference point. The santouri plays an important role in the Greek tradition as well as in the tradition of theBalkans. It is remarkable that it is one of the few instruments where we find variations of the instrument that bringroots from other countries. Due to the significant influences during the Renaissance period, the study is focused onthe „Hora“ dance and how it was interpreted in the traditions of Greek and Balkan music. The “Hora” is mentionedto identify a Romanian dance and music genre that shows diversity according to the tempo and the timesignatures.This of course has an influence on Greek traditional dance music where influences from the culture ofother Balkan peoples and Eastern Europe are noticeable, such as "Μakelariko", what we know today ashasaposerviko.. The research is focused on two main aspects: a) the comparison of the two musical dance genres"Hora" and "makelariko" (known as hasaposerbiko) and b) is there a difference in the way of performance in thefield of Greek traditional dances and the corresponding Balkan dances of “two beats” time signatures focusing onthe two dances of the study? The method used is qualitative-bibliographic and the sample concerns archival materialrelated to Greek and Balkan traditional dances. Regarding the santouri, in both Greek and Balkan origin, althoughthere is not a wide range of literature on the santouri by academic historians who have dealt with the specificinstrument, the bibliographical sources come from important players or from specialized instrument makers.

DOGMATIC EQUIVALENCE: A KEY TO LITURGICAL TRANSLATION?

The article presents the fundamentals of liturgical translation in search for the core of this partial translation theory. Liturgical texts are known to combine three dimensions of religious discourse: semantics (especially dogmatic exegesis), poetics (the specifi c poetics of original Hebrew and Greek texts) and performability (covering particular features of aural perception). The history of investigating liturgical translation counts at least a century. Exactly 100 years ago, Ukrainian researcher Ivan Ohiyenko published a seminal paper whose issues and ideas were repeated and reverberated in most further studies which directly and specifi cally dealt with biblical phrasing cited in the Liturgy, doctrinal correctness and ideological infl uences, matters of interpretative and temporal retranslations, the problem of the correlation between the poetics of the original languages and that of the target language, relevant sound and music qualities of the text. Linguistic patterns and theological hermeneutics shape a special type of equivalence which is applicable to texts for liturgical use – dogmatic equivalence, which can be viewed from four perspectives: terminological essence; lexical or cultural ortheological interpretation; grammatical meaningfulness; phonetic means for theological interpretation and liturgical performability. It is a diffi cult task to keep a proper balance between the attitude of linguists (who concentrate on relations between a sacred text and a reading community) and that of theologians (who stress on the authoritative status of a sacred text although overlook cultural historicity). Thus, dogmatic equivalence is a structural phenomenon which can be divided into diff erent levels, components or dimensions. The interconnection of translation problems will have to deploy the approbated solutions from sci-tech, poetry and literary translation. The revoiltinary principle which is to be acknowledged properly is that even liturgical translation can benefi t from linguistic experimenting. Key words: translation theory, liturgical translation, interpretation, equivalence, cultural norms.

Formation of the Linguistic Picture of the World of Bilinguals

The authors of the article analyze the specifics of the formation of the linguistic picture of bilinguals, in whose minds two cultural codes are combined. The authors suggest that the linguistic picture of the world of bilinguals differs from the picture of a native speaker. When forming a bilingual linguistic personality, two cultures merge in his mind; many historical, social facts, influenced by individual and personal views, judgments, assessments, get a brighter color, are described differently, which makes it possible to understand the worldview of another person. Natural bilinguals, unlike artificial ones, have a combination of two pictures of the world, two cultural codes. However, both pictures in the mind of a bilingual, who is not divorced from one of the language environments, combine, change and eventually form another one with its own specific features. Bilingual writers, in whose minds two different languages are combined, using, for example, the Russian language when creating their work, nevertheless find themselves in the system of images of their native language, native culture. As a result, expressions, stylistic techniques and other means of artistic expression that are atypical for native speakers appear. This is how a new cultural code appears, which requires special linguistic means. A bilingual writer evaluates any phenomenon from the point of view of the native cultural The article provides examples: some characteristic features of the work of the Swedish bilingual writer of Greek origin Theodor Kallifatides, Russian-American writer V.V. Russian Russian and Kyrgyz literature by Chingiz Aitmatov, Russian French writer Andrei Makin. A bilingual author, in whose mind two different worlds are connected, nevertheless is closer to the system of images of his native language, native culture.

Slavonic printings of the 16th – 18th centuries in Bessarabia

For more than a century, the Slavonic manuscript and printed book collections have attracted attention of numerous Romanian and foreign specialists in the field of philology, history and other adjacent disciplines. The article presents some key points in the history of research of the old Slavonic book from the Bessarabian public collections. In introduction to this study we considered it appropriate to highlight the efforts of the specialists oriented towards common activity of putting various Slavonic manuscript and printed book collections of our country in the scientific circuit and description. The study is based on the collection of Slavonic books published in Lviv, Ostrog, Vilno, Grodno, Kyiv, kept by the National Library of the Republic of Moldova. In this research, the history and provenance of this collection is traced and some aspects related to their circulation in Bessarabia are explained. The presence in the Bessarabian space of the Slavonic books printed in Ukraine, Russia or Belarus confesses cross-cultural relations that existed between our country and those countries from which they came. Today this treasure is interesting to international Slavists and Byzantinologists, since some of these books are based on the translation of the Greek originals.

Iterative amplificatio: a new way to read the “Lame Beggars Sequence” in More’s Epigrammata

Thomas More’s 281 epigrams form a diverse and seemingly haphazard collection of occasional and programmatic pieces written in a variety of meters on diverse topics. Since most of More’s papers disappeared in the years immediately following his death, it is difficult and perhaps impossible to reconstruct on the basis of external evidence the rationale behind the selection and distribution of his epigrams. Despite this challenge, internal evidence provides some clues. Nearly half of the epigrams are translations of Greek originals. Some of these Greek originals serve as the basis for sequences of epigrams, one of which is the “Lame Beggars Sequence.” Through a process of iterative amplificatio, More progressively cultivates eloquence as he extends the meaning of his original to encompass moral and political themes. In turn, he develops the theme into original compositions before producing a final translation that encompasses both the literal and moral senses of the original Greek.

Frankincense Fragrances and Winged Serpents in Etruria: Notes on a Tarquinian Sarcophagus

Abstract A sarcophagus found in Tarquinia at the end of the 19th century discloses an original iconography featuring infernal scenes with banqueters, Turms, Vanth, and winged snakes. One interpretation proposed in the 1990s was that this monument bears witness to esoteric doctrines of Greek origin in Etruria, in particular Orphism and Pythagoreanism. However, this proposal is not satisfactory and needs to be reconsidered. It seems more likely that this sarcophagus refers to the world of perfumes and, potentially, to the well-known anecdote of the flying snakes guarding the frankincense trees. This new interpretation sheds further light on the role of scents in Etruria, particularly in the world of the dead.

НАВЧАННЯ СТУДЕНТІВ ВЕТЕРИНАРНОЇ ТЕРМІНОЛОГІЇ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ НАЗВ ХВОРОБ ТВАРИН)

The article is devoted to teaching English at higher veterinary institutions. The importance of mastering veterinary terminology by future specialists for the successful scientific and practical clinical activity is emphasized. The significance of understanding the main peculiarities of the veterinary terminological system is stated. The research outlines the main features of veterinary terms. It represents the classification of the names of animal diseases as a part of specific veterinary terminology. They are classified according to the key words contained in the name: the distinctive symptom stated, the afflicted organ or the susceptible animal mentioned, the name of the researcher or the place of disease outbreak denoted, etc. The importance of understanding the main morphological features of the words of Greek and Latin origin naming the diseases of animals for those enriching professional vocabulary is shown. English for veterinary students is viewed as a part of English for Specific Purposes and as the one that corresponds to its main requirements and principles. The article comprises exercises for mastering veterinary terminology denoting diseases of animals in different types of reading, speaking, listening and writing activities. The importance of using modern comprehensive and translator dictionaries by students studying veterinary terminology is emphasized. The role of co-relation with other university courses is stated and illustrated.

Frédéric Patras.The Essence of Numbers

This book approaches the issue of the essence of numbers from a very broad perspective: historical, philosophical, and mathematical. The author is a practicing mathematician who has been working in philosophy since the 1990s, with a particular focus on phenomenology, while maintaining his activity in mathematics. As he explains in the preface to the English translation, the original French version began with a series of lectures introducing philosophy students at Nice to the philosophy of science and of mathematics via the philosophy of arithmetic. The initial aim was to develop in the students an understanding of the issues from the origins in classical Greek thought to the point where they would be ready to follow Husserl’s Philosophy of Arithmetic, which Patras considers ‘one of the deepest texts ever written on mathematical thought’. Each chapter is a manageable chunk of about ten pages, presumably covering what was given as a single lecture. Chapter 1 is an introduction, setting up the plan for the book. While our intuitive conception of numbers appears not to have changed much since classical Greece, the development within mathematics of the theory of numbers is quite extensive. The book aims to help resolve this tension by investigating the ‘essence’ of numbers, starting with classical Greece and following the development of the concept through to the modern era with its rigorous definitions. There is then a very brief overview: starting with the Greeks and the ‘problem of the One’ — is one a number? While civilizations before ancient Greece used numbers and calculation, the Greeks were the first to consider its definition. Number, and the study of the arithmetical properties of the continuum, have been a concern of mathematics throughout its history. Developments at the end of the nineteenth century, and especially Frege’s contributions bringing ‘arithmetic back to the pure laws of thought’, were central to the development of the concept of number, ‘a decisive issue for the whole theory of knowledge’. The algebraic nature of numbers and arithmetic led to the possibility of extending beyond the natural numbers.

Antonio Cassarino's Latin translation of Plutarch's Bruta animalia ratione uti

Abstract The present paper aims at giving a text edition of Antonio Cassarino's humanist Latin translation of Plutarch's dialogue Bruta animalia ratione uti. This is the earliest of three translations made of this dialogue in the course of the 15th century. The text itself is extant in three different manuscripts, one of which is a codex of the Vatican Library (Vat. lat. 3349), compiled after Cassarino's death by Panormita. A comparison of the text variants has led to several results. First, some of the errors shared by all three manuscripts show that they go back to a common archetype already at some distance from the translator's original copy. Second, Panormita relied heavily on a codex of the Biblioteca della Società Siciliana per la Storia Patria in Palermo (MS Lodi XII E 13) in preparing his own version. Third, the Vatican codex is far from being the best representative of Cassarino's original translation. Though Panormita corrected several of the common inherited errors, he made changes to the text without consulting the Greek. In almost every instance, it is a codex of the Biblioteca Casanatense of Rome (Bibl. Casan. 665 C II 8) which gives the best reading, providing the clue for a successful reconstruction of the text. An attempt will be made to trace the version contained in this codex back to a certain person named Balbi, referred to in the dedicatory letter as being a learned expert of both languages, Greek and Latin. Along with the establishment of the text, it will also be possible to define the original Greek source codex Cassarino used for his translation (Vat. Pal. gr. 170).

『새한글성경』의 번역 배경과 주요 특징 — 신약을 중심으로 —

This paper aims to explore and highlight translation backgrounds and characteristics of the New Korean Translation (hereafter NKT) with its New Testament in focus. There are already the New Korean Revised Version which pursues the principle of formal correspondence, the Korean Common Translation which is based on the principle of dynamic equivalence, and the Revised New Korean Standard Version which attempts to optimize merits of these two translations. There seem to be all kinds of translations ranging from more literal to more reader-friendly ones. Then, why do we need another new translation? There are two main reasons for any new translation or revision of existing translations: changes of language and developments of biblical scholarship. These two factors taken into account, periodic update of existing Bible translation is needed to make it possible for people to read the Bible more accurately and easily. In case of the NKT, there was another significant factor in deciding to launch the new translation project, which is the change of media. Korean Bible Society thought that new generation familiar with new media such as smart phones and other electronic devices require a new Bible translation optimized for their unique needs. Thus, Korean Bible Society referred to the BasisBibel which is designed for the same kind of target audience in Germany. BasisBibel is the first Bible translation in the world that considers the change of media to be a significant factor impacting on the Bible readers. As the result, the NKT came to have several characteristics in two dimensions. One dimension is related to coping with the change of language and media: (1) short sentences composed of less than 16 words and (2) linear delivery of information. The goal of these features is to enhance readability and communication. The other is related to an essential principle of translation, which is faithfulness to the original text: (1) use of the most recent critical edition of Greek New Testament (UBS 5SUPth/SUP edition), which shows 33 changes in the Catholic Letters, and (2) meticulous attention to the etymology of the Greek words, word order, tenses (especially historical present), and special usages of Koine Greek. It is now at readers’ hands to evaluate how much the NKT has achieved its goal to satisfy two fundamental goals of all Bible translations: being more readable and more faithful to the original Greek New testament.

Developing Archaeology and Museology in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Greece: Théodore Macridy, an Ottoman Greek ‘Liminal Scientist’

This article concerns the development of archaeology and museology, in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Greece, through the life and career of Théodore Macridy. Macridy participated in knowledge transfer in more than one discipline and more than one country. Through his links with Western academic circles in archaeology and museology, he made a significant contribution to their development in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Greece. Living between the Ottoman and Greek epistemic communities as an Ottoman citizen of Greek origin, he excavated numerous sites of the Ottoman Empire, worked at the Ottoman Imperial Museum, and contributed to the foundation of the Benaki Museum in Athens at the end of his career. This makes him a good example of an Ottoman Greek scholar whose liminal identity led to his relative neglect in both Greek and Turkish archaeology and museology.

Score Level, Text Structures and Senior Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Genetics in Ilorin, Nigeria

Genetics is one of the hard to learn biological concepts owing to its connectedness to Latin / Greek origin. Hence, the need for its proper structuring for easy comprehension by the students. The effectiveness of text structure on students’ proper understanding had been widely reported in literature, hence, this study investigated score levels, text structures and senior secondary school students' achievement in genetics. Specifically, the study assessed the: (i) variation in the achievement of students taught using different text structures (ii) interaction effects of text structures and score levels on senior school students’ achievement in genetics among others. A quasi-experimental design of pretest, posttest, non-equivalent, and non-randomized control group was adopted. A total of 239 students purposively selected took part in the study. ANCOVA was used to analysed the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. Findings indicated that there was (i) a statistically significant difference in the achievement of students exposed to different text structure i.e., F (2, 238) = 15.11 at p < 0.05; (ii) no statistically significant difference in the interaction effects of text structure and score level. The implication of the finding is that the two structured texts were useful for improving senior school students’ achievement in genetics. It was therefore, recommended that biology teachers should consider logical prose and concept maps in structuring their instructional materials.

The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights

The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights

On the Classification of Ancient Greek Toponyms (based on the Material of Ancient Toponyms of the Cilician Plain)

The article is devoted to the methods of classification of ancient toponyms from the point of view of their external and internal structure. The first paragraph of the article gives a brief outline of the history of the issue. Despite the generally large number of works devoted to individual problems of ancient Greek toponymy or individual toponyms, only a few works in both domestic and foreign scientific historiography are devoted to the study of ancient Greek toponymy as a system from a philological point of view. The object of research in this article is the problems of creating a common word-formation-semantic classification of ancient Greek geographical names as a whole. The subject of the study is the ancient toponyms of the Cilician plain (Greek. Κιλικία πεδιάς) – low plains in the south of modern Turkey. Among the toponyms of Plain Cilicia, geographical names of ancient Greek and Latin origin (24 ancient Greek and 5 Latin names) were selected and analyzed for morphological structure and semantic features. Special attention is paid to the problems of etymologization of toponyms and the indication of centuries of fixation. The classification of ancient Greek toponyms, proposed in a 1965 article by the Swiss Hellenist Ernst Risch, is taken as a basis. The results of the study are presented in a table reflecting the four main word-formation types of ancient Greek toponyms in diachrony.

“Origen Did Not Allow Interpreting Books”: Comments and Glosses in the 17th-Century East Slavic Translation of Baronius’ “Annales Ecclesiastici”

The article examines marginalia in one of the East Slavic hand-written versions of “Annales Ecclesiastici” by Caesar Baronius (Russian State Library, f. 256, no. 16, 17th century) in comparison with the Latin original, the Polish translation of Piotr Skarga published in 1607, and other Slavic versions from the 17th–18th centuries. Marginal comments of the book apparatus were studied in a pragmatic aspect, which took into account the narrative impact on the reader; glosses were analyzed in terms of lexemes’ interaction, considering their various origins and stylistic status. The author comes to the conclusion that the historical narrative formed through comments has a profoundly original nature. In the analyzed manuscript, the comments do not always follow Skarga’s commentaries: in part, their contents are possibly influenced by the Latin original, and in part, they represent their own emphases and judgments. The linguistic analysis shows that the vocabulary of Polish or Ruthenian origin (both with Slavic and non-Slavic (Greek, Latin, and German) roots) is glossed widely but inconsistently. The words of Greek and Slavic origin, which may have explanatory functions, are stylistically associated with both the literary Old Church Slavonic tradition and business writing. Less often, Polonisms can themselves play the role of explanatory marginalia.

Infantile Nephropathic Cystinosis - Homozygous c.516dupC Mutation of the CTNS Gene

Objective: Cystinosis is a rare, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder characterized by cystine accumulation throughout the body, due to mutations in the gene encoding cystinosin, named CTNS. Infantile nephropathic cystinosis (INC), the most severe form of the disease and the most common cause of renal Fanconi syndrome (FS), starts with proximal tubulopathy and causes renal failure and various extra-renal manifestations over the time. Case Presentation: The authors report a 15-month-old boy of Greek origin who presented with failure to thrive over the last 7 months and was noted to have decreased weight and short stature. The metabolic control showed normoglycemic glucosuria, significant proteinuria, and generalized aminoaciduria, suggesting FS. Sequencing analysis of the CTNS gene revealed the frameshift mutation c.516dupC in the homozygous state, confirming the diagnosis of INC. Only one compound heterozygous individual for this mutation has been reported before. Conclusion: The index case brings out a new correlation of the c.516dupC mutation in the homozygous state with a pure INC phenotype. Alongside, it reminds clinicians to consider cystinosis in the differential diagnosis of failure to thrive or short stature.

Edebiyata yansımalarıyla Ermeni Diasporasının kültürel kimliği

Bu çalışmanın amacı Ermeni Diasporasının edebî üretimleri üzerinden kültürel kimliklerinin nasıl aktarıldığını ortaya koymaktır. Antik dönemlerden bu yana kullanılagelen kavramlardan olan “diaspora” terimi, başlangıçta asıl Grek yerleşiminin dışında kalan bölgelerde yaşayanları ifade etmek için kullanılırken, zamanla anlam genişlemesine uğramıştır. Bu nedenle, çalışmamızda öncelikle kavram olarak “diaspora”nın geçmişte ve günümüzde ifade ettiği anlamlara kısaca değinilecektir. Bir diasporanın oluşması için gerekli koşulları hazırlayan etkenler, temel olarak göçle başlayan süreçlerde ortaya çıkan anavatan algısı ve kimlik sorunudur. Bu etkenler birbirine sıkı sıkıya bağlıdır ve bu ilişkinin sonucu olarak ortaya çıkan diaspora kimliği farklı kültürel pratiklerin oluşmasına neden olur. Bu kültürel pratiklerden biri de edebiyattır. Diaspora edebiyatının herhangi bir yerel edebiyattan farklı olduğu kesindir. Dolayısıyla diaspora oluşumunda etkili olan etkenlere değinmeden diasporaların edebî faaliyetlerini anlamak mümkün olmayacaktır. Bu nedenle makalede, diasporik yapılarda edebiyatın nasıl oluştuğuna değinilecek, daha sonra Ermeni Diaspora edebiyatının kültürel kimliği konusu irdelenecektir. Çalışmamızda, Ermeni nüfusunun etkin bir şekilde faaliyet gösterdiği Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nden William Saroyan’ın öyküleri, yine Ermeni diasporasının etkin olduğu Fransa’dan Şahan Şahnur’un ilk romanı Şarkısız Ricat ve farklı bir diasporik yapı olan İran Ermenilerinden Zoya Pirzad’ın Işıkları Ben Söndürürüm adlı eseri incelenecektir. Bu eserlerin diaspora kültürel yaşantısını doğrudan yansıtması söz konusu olduğu için, çalışmamızda edebiyat sosyolojisi kuram ve yöntemlerinden yararlanılacaktır. Ayrıca, İran Ermenilerinin yapısı ve tarihsel arka planındaki farklılıklardan dolayı diğer diasporik unsurlardan ayrıldığı noktalar göz önünde bulundurularak karşılaştırmalı edebiyat bilimi kuram ve yöntemlerine de başvurulacaktır.