Հին Թիֆլիսը՝ իբրեւ մշակոյթներու երկխօսութեան, Սահքի միջավայր
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2014
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The author describes the multicultural milieu of 18ᵗʰ–19ᵗʰ century Tbilisi based on a number of Armenian literary figures’ observations. He refers to the poems of the multilingual troubadour-poet Sayat Nova (1722–1795) and the essay of one of the founders of modern Armenian literature, Khachadour Apovian (1809–1848), called A View on the Life of the Tbilisi Armenians, Particularly their Wedding Traditions, as well as the articles of the renowned poet Hovhannes Toumanian (1869–1923) and the literary critique Nigol Aghpalian (1873–1947).
The author notes that the examination of these texts enables the reconstruction of Tbilisi’s lifestyle, which was somewhere between Eastern and Western.
He argues that multilingual and multicultural cities and spaces are fertile grounds for cultural dialogue, which leads to a cultural explosion and produces change and growth in the quality and values of local arts and literature. The author highlights the carnival atmosphere of the city, where Georgian wine and the confusing mixture of Eastern and Western market outputs and values criss-crossed and enriched the cultures of the diverse ethnic residents of the city.
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Սիմեան, Տ., «Հին Թիֆլիսը՝ իբրեւ մշակոյթներու երկխօսութեան, Սահքի միջավայր», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2014, Պէյրութ, էջ 79-96