HOVHANNES TUMANYAN՛S HEROES CONDEMNED BY FATE

Abstract

1. Tumanyan's creative world is distinguished by itsindispensableoriginality and harmony, which is primarily explained by the poet's knowledge of the world and his unshakable love and faith for his homeland and people. It is an exceptionally harmonious and sturdy structure with constant and obvious symbols reflecting the colors of real life.

Therefore, it is no coincidence that the rich literary legacy he left behind embodies the past and the present of his native homeland, the best artistic traditions, reconfirming that true literature should fully reflect the centuries-old conversations and customs of the birth of the people's mind and soul. By artistically presenting and discussing the plots and episodes selectively taken from real life, he gives meaning to all of that, first of all, on the moral level.

     Making the people of the countryside, with their daily emotions, hopes and feelings, characters of his fiction, Tumanyan did not become a writer of rural life at all, although once some pens in the literary world voiced unnecessary opinions that Tumanyan idealized the rural reality, trying to cast a shadow on his works. Ignoring the groundless views that have nothing to do with reality, and sometimes giving adequate answers to them, he continued to stand tall as a great national poet, boldly challenging the reality. Along with presenting the moral description of rural life to the public, the poet also truthfully depicts the difficult socio-economic situation of the people. Although he is not a participant in the happenings, he uses a subtle artistic trick to make his story convincing, while the reader captivated by the depicted world, can endlessly feel the author's absent presence inside. He analyzes the vital facts from the point of view of social problems and moral values ​​of the moment, presenting life as it is - with exceptional artistic thinking. H. Tamrazyan has noticed correctly: "An ordinary human living in his works, in everyday pains and struggles, is often, very often, burned by supernatural feelings, by mental fires" (Tamrazyan H., 1995).

     Both the farmer of the "Plow Song" and the children witnessing the fun of the grandfathers (“Old Blessing”), and the old man with life experience, speaking with a sigh about his and the people's pain and sorrow (“Sigh”), and the families of Anush (“Anush”), Maro (“Maro”) and Gikor (“Gikor”) are in the same economic situation, extreme poverty is an inseparable companion of their lives. It is noteworthy that the circumstances of the destruction of the heroes condemned by the fate presented by the poet are absolutely not the same, while the motive is almost the same - the undermining environment in the backward and dark kingdom. From this point of view, D. Demirchyan is absolutely right when he writes: “H. Tumanyan is not a village or folk poet, because, it is true, he takes the material from the province, but he gives them universal ideas. He is perhaps more of a national poet, indeed he is. He is the reflection of our nation's feelings." (D. Demirchyan, 1919, “Mshak”, No. 60). By the way, many of the literary heroes are real people: the works “Gikor” (1895), “Maro” (1887), “Loretsi Sako” (1889) and “Sigh” (1890) were written based on real events he evidenced and heard.