Դերենիկ Դեմիրճեանի Յովնան Մեծատուն նորայայտ եւ նորատիպ դրաման
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2020
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The renowned Soviet Armenian writer Derenik Demirichian has a significant place in the history of Soviet Armenian literature.
The play Hovnan Medzanun holds an important and valuable place in the literary heritage of the author and specifically in his theatrical output. Furthermore, it is an important literary and historical document, which highlights some overlooked and unheeded aspects of the Armenian Genocide. It focuses on the character of an Armenian figure, a self-centered individual who applies all his instinctive skills and disrespectful means to maintain his life and survive the genocide no matter what and at the expense of anything, even his kin.
Interestingly, however, this unorthodox and avant-garde play, which was staged and highly esteemed by various literary critics, was not published, and its full script was not found or did not exist. Through extensive research and hard work in the archive of Demirchian, the author of this article, with the use of memories and accounts of those who watched the play on stage, has been able to put together the various incomplete sections of the play and reconstruct a full script.
Using the restored script as a basis, the author is inclined to believe that Demirchian, who generally wrote on topics collected from eyewitness accounts, wrote this play inspired by a true story. Notwithstanding its controversial nature, the author speculates that Demirchian took into consideration that no matter how hard factual reality is, and author does not have the right to deny his reader and the nation the last chances for hope and consolation. Accordingly, parallel to highlighting the above-mentioned negative character, the author has condensed hope and optimism in three parallel happenings: a) Herik, the daughter of this selfish father, kills the Turk to whom she was offered to by her father. Herik’s act is a condensed, generalized symbol the nation’s vengeance, b) Apro, a decent character (the contrast to human material values), claims that he committed the killing and c) Hovnan, the selfish father, makes a belated confession (which reflects the minuteness of the human being on God’s Judgment Day).
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Ռաֆայէլեան, Կ., «Դերենիկ Դեմիրճեանի Յովնան Մեծատուն նորայայտ եւ նորատիպ դրաման», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2020, Պէյրութ, էջ 323-340