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Քեսապը Հայ Գրականութեան Մէջ
(2018) Apelian, Silvi
Kesab is an ancient Armenian settlement and a community that has gradually attracted ethnographic interest, particularly during the second half of the 20th Century. During the last six decades Kesab’s dialect, ethnography and folklore have been extensively studied. Kesab and its Armenian community have become the subject of several literary works, too, both poetry and prose. The paper focuses on the presence of Kesab and the Kesab Armenian community in literature. As of the 1940s Kesab is included in informative almanacs and handbooks. Several ethnographic books dedicated to the area were published. Dikran Mandjigian, Mihran Minasian and Hagop Cholakian indulged in the collection of Kesab Armenian folklore and published it. Cholakian published several volumes of his scientific research on Kesab ethnography as well as its dialects, fairy tales, sayings, proverbs, songs, etc. Another significant work is that of Albert Apelian, which was published posthumously. The paper studies the literature which is dedicated to Kesab, grouping the authors as native-born and other. It analyses the content of these writings and the reasons for the authors’ interest. The paper groups these writings in different categories of poetry and prose.