FEATURES OF THE NARRATION OF KHACHATUR ABOVYAN’S MEMOIRS

Abstract

The pages of Abovyan’s memoir literature combine both personal memories, experiences
and their artistic incarnations. Personal life stories are sometimes expressed by different artistic
techniques (image, plot, narrative). In the Dorpat Diaries, the writer combines the peculiarities
of letters, personal memories, travel notes and memoirs, in one case referring to a specific
reader, and in the other, composing a very personal text. Unlike diaries, travel notes are written
to be read. Placing a real journey on the axis of content, Abovyan weaves mock and imaginary
features into the plot, which determines its inter-genre character