THE FIGURE OF THE NARRATOR IN THE LITERARY PROSE OF MAKAR BARKHUDARYANTS

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify the distinctive features of the author–narrator relationship in the literary prose of Makar Barkhudaryants by examining the structural and ideological manifestations of the interaction between the authorial voice and the narrative subject. The relationship between the author and the narrator in literary prose constitutes one of the central issues in literary studies, particularly from a narratological perspective. The author as a creative consciousness and the narrator as a speaking subject operating within the text are not identical; however, they often occupy interconnected and sometimes difficult-to-distinguish positions.

The literary prose of Makar Barkhudaryants provides valuable material for the study of this issue. In his works, narrative discourse frequently contains moral and axiological layers that may create the impression of the author’s direct presence for the reader. Nevertheless, this impression requires narratological clarification in order to determine when the author’s position is expressed and when the discourse represents a narrative construction.

The objectives of the study include identifying the textual devices through which the impression of the author’s presence is created without a complete identification of author and narrator, as well as presenting the theoretical principles for distinguishing between the author and the narrator within the framework of narratology.

The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that the figure of the narrator in the literary prose of Makar Barkhudaryants is examined for the first time.

The scientific novelty of the research lies in the analysis of the relationship between the author and the narrator in the literary prose of Makar Barkhudaryants.