Քնքուշ լարար

ISBN-13: 9781604447910 / Armeński / Miękka / 2014 / 144 str.

Nar-Dos (Michael Hovhannisyan)

Opis

Michael Hovhannisyan known by his pen name Nar-Dos, began his career as a writer in the 1880s starting with his poems, some of which were published in Araks (Saint-Petersburg) and "Sokhak Hayastani" collection. He also wrote stories, feuilletons and plays. Under the influence of Gabriel Sundukyan, Nar-Dos created the plays "Mayini gangaty," "Honey and flies" in 1886 and "Brother" in 1887. Under the pen name Mikho-Ohan he published "Tchshmarit barekamy" ( ), "Nune" ( ) (1886), "Barerar ev vordegir" ( ) (1888), "Knkush larer" ( )(1887), "Zazunyan" ( )(1890) in "Nor dar" newspaper. In the stories and novels of his first period he mainly describes the urban life focusing on certain social groups ("Our District" ( ), "Hopop" (1890), "Hogun vra hasav" ( ) (1889), "Anna Saroyan" ( )(1888)). One of the famous stories of this period is "She and I" ( ) written in 1889. After 1890 a new period begins in Nar-Dos' creative life of which deep psychological analysis is typical. Famous works of this period are "The Killed Dove" ( )(1898) in which the author depicts the tragedy of an Armenian woman, "Struggle" ( )(1911) and "The Death" ( ). Nar-Dos developed the psychological trend of Armenian critical realism displaying refined Armenian language."