The adjective dantesque or dantean is widely used in the contemporary Armenian language as a synonym for infernal, hellish, or even for hell. Following the Armenian literary tradition of reference to Dante's work, Hovhannes Shiraz entitled his poem The Armenian Dantesque. He coined a series of words-images in this poem with Dante's name. The article presents these neologisms revealing the particularities in the perception of Dante's work in the Armenian language.

I neologismi con il nome di Dante nel poema Il Dantesco armeno di Hovhannes Shiraz

Hasmik Vardanyan
2022-01-01

Abstract

The adjective dantesque or dantean is widely used in the contemporary Armenian language as a synonym for infernal, hellish, or even for hell. Following the Armenian literary tradition of reference to Dante's work, Hovhannes Shiraz entitled his poem The Armenian Dantesque. He coined a series of words-images in this poem with Dante's name. The article presents these neologisms revealing the particularities in the perception of Dante's work in the Armenian language.
2022
Dante in Armenia, Dantesque, Armenian Dantesque
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