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The “Spyurk” (“Diaspora”) Scientific-Educational Center of the Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) participated in the 8th Yerevan International Book Festival. For three days, literary studies and fiction books were showcased at the Center’s booth, and the last day was marked by an exclusive literary and scientific-cultural event — the presentation of the second volume of the “Complete Works” of Hakob Oshakan (“Tsak-Ptuk” (Hole-Teat)) was held in the Library of the National Gallery of Armenia.
The volume’s editor-in-chief and author of the preface is Head of the ASPU Chair of Armenian New and Modern Literature and its Teaching Methods, Director of “Spyurk” Center, Professor Suren Danielyan. The book was published upon the recommendation of the ASPU Scientific Council.
During the event, Associate Professor of the ASPU Chair of Armenian New and Modern Literature and its Teaching Methods, researcher at “Spyurk” Center and responsible editor of the volume Knarik Abrahamyan talked about the principles of compilation of the volumes which feature the most different questions about comparison of originals, annotations and the problems with common spelling.
Afterwards, Professor Suren Danielyan delivered remarks in which he provided a comprehensive characterization of the career of the colossal writer Oshakan, emphasizing that readers now have one of the best novels written by a Diaspora Armenian writer on their desks, a book that was actually printed in Armenia.
The Professor is certain that this sacred task in the scientific-cultural and literary fields will be ongoing and fully hopes that there will worthy persons who will continue.
The editors noted that reading Oshakan requires from one to be serious, have a wide stock of literature and be mentally and intellectually prepared. In this case, what is important is the quality, not quantity of readers. They are certain that people who love to read Oshakan’s works can guide the masses towards the paths of literature that are complex, but lead to what is right.
Associate Professor of the Chair of History and Literary Criticism of Modern Armenian Literature at Yerevan State University, leading researcher of the M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature at the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Candidate of Philological Sciences Lilit Seyranyan mentioned that readers now have open access to the novel “Tsak-Ptuk”, adding that in this novel each person will find what he is looking for. “This book is a must for those who have been concerned about the issue of Armenian novels having their worthy place among world novels. Readers need to be ready to go through the labyrinths of all human sins and, most essentially, remain innocent as they flip through the pages of this novel. The precondition for perceiving the novel is that one must not be afraid of seeing and feeling the steep declines and skyward leaps of the soul,” she said.
Professor of the same Chair of Yerevan State University, merited specialist of Diaspora Armenian literature Artsrun Avagyan touched upon the diverse layers of Oshakan’s literature, especially his critiques, and congratulated everyone on the publication of Hakob Oshakan’s “Complete Works”.
Dean of the ASPU Faculty of Philology, Professor Ashot Galstyan stressed that there is truly a sense of the need for these kinds of works that are created through diligence and dedication, and that this is a significant and valuable achievement for the Faculty of Philology that was made possible thanks to the difficult task that devoted individuals performed with a sense of responsibility.
