MANIFESTATIONS OF SYMBOL PERCEPTION AND REINTERPRETATION IN LATE

Abstract

One can distinguish principles of symbol usage in the medieval Armenian lyric poetry, by
means of preservation of primary perception of evangelical sign, as well as reinterpretation of
the already known symbol. Symbolism of early medieval poetry inherited the philosophical
religious symbolic thinking of previous eras and was changed by the appropriate solutions of
the given period, likewise the symbolic system of late medieval lyric poetry acquired a
compositional character including symbols of the early Middle Ages, Renaissance, as well as
those of a new way of thinking of folk songs and was manifested by individual means of
expressiveness created by the medieval lyricist.