ARMENIAN HISTORIC-ARTISTIC REACTIONS TO NIZAMI GANJAVI'S ROMANCE NOVELS

Abstract

It is not a secret that Armenian-Iranian literary relations have a history for long ages. In the Armenian epic folklore, the relations are expressed with the artistic representations of public figures who had a significant role in the political and historical life of Iran. In the Armenian literature with the mentions of Iranian legends and epic talks, as well in medieval Armenian poetry with the application of separate forms, figures and expressions which are peculiar to Persian poetry.

The latter statements are love legends by Nizami Ganjavi ‟Khosrow and Shirin”, “Leyli and Majnun” the feedback in Armenian literature. Although the romance novels of the Persian poet were not translated into Armenian in the Middle Ages, but in the literature of the new period they found a place in the form of translations and different artistic works (legend, poem, prose poem, ballad, poetry). It should be noted that the testimonies found in the bibliography have a significance of provenance.

In Armenian literature, references and literary elaborations on the motifs and heroes of Nizami's romances speak of the close contacts, cultural and worldview commonalities of the two peoples. The aim of this article is the revealing of the genre peculiarities, their forms of displaying in Nizami’s love legends which have been reflected in Armenian culture.  The problem is to present it with the whole possible, complete tend and we have observed it with big time inclusion. However, each phase could be separate observing material.