Full Description
Philology is one of the most investigated fields of Armenian studies. At the end of the twentieth century, it was important to provide an overview of the main achievements and on the methodological approaches implemented in this field till now. This is the aim of the present publication. Part I focuses on the manuscripts, the inscriptions, and the printings. Its second section is devoted to the textual criticisms and the third section explores the interface between linguistics and philology. Case studies form the core of Part II. One chapter offers an overview on the 17th-19th centuries, and two articles are devoted to the conditions of the circulation of the literary production in the 20th century, both in Western and Eastern Armenian.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Sigla
PART I
Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Printings
The Archaeology of the Armenian Manuscript: Codicology, Paleography and Beyond - Dickran KOUYMJIAN
Collections and Catalogues of Armenian Manuscripts - Bernard COULIE
On the historical and literary Value of the Colophons in Armenian Manuscripts - Anna SIRINIAN
Armenian Epigraphy - Tim GREENWOOD
Armenian Publishing and the Quest for Modernity (16th-19th centuries) - Raymond H. KEVORKIAN
The Methodology of Textual Edition
Text Editing: Principles and Methods -Bernard COULIE
Digital Techniques for Critical Edition - Tara ANDREWS
Linguistics, Normative Grammar, Dialectology and Philology
Connections between Linguistics, Normative Grammar, and Philology - Moreno MORANI
Manuscripts and Dialects - Jos J.S. WEITENBERG
PART II: Case Studies
Bible and Apocrypha
The Armenian Bible: Status Quaestionis - Claude COX
The Armenian Apocryphal Literature of the Old Testament in the Twentieth Century - Michael E. STONE
The Editing of Christian Apocrypha in Armenian: Should we turn a new leaf? - Valentina CALZOLARI
Patristics, Historiography, Hellenizing School and Philosophical Literature, Medieval Poetry
The Church Fathers in Armenia, and the Armenian Fathers - Bernard OUTTIER
The Major Works of Armenian Historiography (Classical and Medieval) - Robert W. THOMSON
The Hellenizing School - Gohar MURADYAN
Philosophical Literature in ancient and medieval Armenia - Valentina CALZOLARI
Medieval Poetic Texts - Theo M. VAN LINT
Modern and Contemporary Periods
Philology, Documentary Research, and Channels of Cultural Diffusion from the 17th to the 19th century - Paolo LUCCA
The Publication of Western Armenian Literature in the 20th century (1920-2000) - Harout KURKJIAN
Literary Production in Twentieth-Century Armenia: From Stifling State Control to the Uncertainties of Independence - Myrna DOUZJIAN
Towards a "Discourse on Method" in Armenian Studies: A Survey of Recent Debates with Special Regard to the Problem of Textual Hermeneutics -
Boghos L. ZEKIYAN
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
