Gohar Karagyozyans book entitled «From Legend to Novel: Armenian Plots in the European Medieval Literary Tradition» was published by Gitutyun Publishing House of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia in 2026. It will undoubtedly mark an important milestone in the multidimensional understanding of the history of the world literature and the study of the intersections and interconnections between Armenian and foreign literatures. As the author stated in the books prologue, this work « is an attempt to trace the process of novelization, belletrisation and fictionalization of legends and tales circulating in Europe and containing an Armenian component – whether in the form of a plot motif, character image, or topos» [Karageozyan: 7].It is worth noting the authors innovative choice of topic, which is largely due to the fact that Gohar Karagyozyan, a senior researcher at the M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature, is a renowned specialist in literary comparative studies. Her first scholarly works were published in the 1980s. The new study is a definite continuation of the established tradition of the comparative research and poses meaningful questions, forcing us to think about parallels in European and Armenian culture, literature and history.

KeywordsEuropean medieval literature chivalric romance V. Propp Yu. Veselovsky King of Tarsus Melusine Hadji Baba.