David Gasparyan - Paruyr Sevak. Motherland and poet

32 Pages | 131-163 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2024.1-131 |

Revceived on: 2024-01-01 | Reviewed on: 2024-01-21 | Accepted for printing on: 2024-03-22

Published in: 2024 N 1 (225) / Literary studies

Paruyr Sevak (1924–1971) lived and created during the Soviet years, developed his own theory of art, and took a worthy place in Armenian literature. His name was also heard in the All-Union poetry of that time, the paths of which were determined by Andrei Voznesensky, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Joseph Brodsky, Vladimir Vysotsky, Eduardas Mieželaitis, Ivan Drach, and others. He was recognized and appreciated in this literary environment. He translated their works, and they translated his.

KeywordsParuyr Sevak Armenian people motherland Mesrop Mashtots the year of 1915 Komitas folk song Ararat poem.

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David Gasparyan - Aksel Bakunts: a victim of political violence (1936–1937)

19 Pages | 78-97 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2024.3-78 |

Revceived on: 2024-06-20 | Reviewed on: 2024-08-14 | Accepted for printing on: 2024-11-21

Published in: 2024 N 3 (227) / Literary studies

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The prominent novelist Aksel Bakunts (1899–1937) was criticized as a “nationalist” at party meetings and in the literary press as early as 1933. At the height of his creative powers, in addition to being accused of nationalism, terrorism was also attributed to him. The writer was arrested on August 9, 1936. Aksel Bakunts was imprisoned for 11 months. During that time, he was subjected to a severe moral and physical torture. On July 8, 1936, his sentence to the highest punishment, execution by shooting, was carried out in Yerevan.

KeywordsAksel Bakunts political persecution arrest detention interrogation sentence execution by shooting.

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David Gasparyan - Eghishe Charents’ foreign journey (November 21, 1924 – beginning of June, 1925)

27 Pages | 85-112 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2022.3-85 |

Revceived on: 2022-09-05 | Reviewed on: 2022-09-12 | Accepted for printing on: 2022-11-09

Published in: 2022 N 3 (221) / Literature

Abstract / Keywords

On November 21, 1924, Charents left Batumi for an international journey on the ship “Bukovina”. Abroad, Charents was perceived as a symbol of the USSR, as a red poet. His first stop was Trabzon, where he wrote the poem "Lenin and Alin" based on the impressions he got there. Then follows Constantinople where Charents wrote the poem “Stambol” from December 19 to 22 and in the same month, he published it in a separate booklet. On January 9, 1925, he left Istanbul for Athens. In early February of 1925, the poet left Greece and in a few days, he was already in Rome. On the way, he visited the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples.

KeywordsYeghishe Charents Al. Myasnikyan H. Surkhatyan Trabzon Istanbul Athens Rome Venice St. Lazar Paris Berlin V. Navasardyan Av. Isahakyan K. Zaryan H. Tumanyan.

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David Gasparyan - The border of history and art (According to the novel “The White Horseman” by Hamastegh)

21 Pages | 150-171 |

Revceived on: 2021-04-22 | Reviewed on: 2021-04-27 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-05-10

Published in: 2021 N 2 (217) / Articles, reports

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The novel “The White Horseman” without Chapters 3 and 4 was published in “Hayrenik” magazine of Boston (1931, №. 7, 1933, №. 12) and then in a separate book in Los Angeles (vols. 1–2, 1952), in one volume in Yerevan (2016). The time included in the novel is the 1890s. This is a novel with a historical-political program, but it is not a historical novel. There are historical hidden figures among the heroes: Cherchi Kiros – Hrayr Dzhoghk (Armenak Ghazaryan (1864–1904), Malkhas – Gevorg Chaush (Gevorg Ghazaryan) (1870–1907)), Nairyan – the conventional image of an ideological leader. The novel has a cer¬tain ideological orientation: shortly after the Genocide, the loss of the homeland, it tries to instill in the people the spirit of victory, even the dream of victory.

Keywords Hamastegh “The White Horseman” Martik Cherchi Kiros Berdak Vardadzor fedayi liberation war Armenian Kurdish Turkish homeland struggle heroes victory.

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David Gasparyan - Petros Duryan’s artistic world

27 Pages | 32-59 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-32 |

Revceived on: 2021-07-22 | Reviewed on: 2021-08-17 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-10-11

Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports

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This year marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of the classic of Armenian literature Petros Duryan. He lived only 20 years, turning his death into a poem, passing away with incurable tuberculosis. Still a schoolboy Duryan became known as a poet and playwrighter. He wrote his first poem at the age of 13 and his first drama at the age of 15.

KeywordsPetros Duryan Western Armenian ne–she theater to love to break an oath pond murmur death grave memory Armenia Constantinople Scutar.

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Anushavan Zakaryan, David Gasparyan - Yeghishe Charents in Arshak Chopanian’s Assessment

12 Pages | 124-136 | DOI: DOI: 10.54503/0135-0536-2025.3-124 |

Revceived on: 2025-09-23 | Reviewed on: 2025-10-21 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-11-17

Published in: 2025 N 3 (230) / Literary studies

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Arshak Chobanyan (1872–1954) – a writer, literary scholar, critic and a pub¬lisher – was a unique figure in the Armenian literary life. It is worth noting his respect for Charents (1897–1937) and his art. In his numerous reviews and articles published in the journal “Anahit” and in the weekly “Apaga”, Chobanyan highly appreciated Charents as a poet of national and pan-European value emphasizing his poetic innovation, which was reflected in creating innovative characters and forms.

KeywordsCharents Chobanyan Makintsyan “Anahit” journal “Apaga” weekly Paris letter article Yerevan assessment

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