ՄԱՐԳԱՐԵԱՆ ՍԻՐԱՆՈՅՇ / MARGARYAN SIRANUSH 
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Ալիշանի պատմհայեցութիւնը «Հայրունի» հատորում
The historical concepts of Alishan in the volume "Hayruni" 


Bazmavep 2021 / 1-2, pp. 231-250

Father Ghevond Alishan played an exceptional role in all the spheres of the history of Armenian spiritual creativity. The article examines the historical concepts of the great Armenologist, theologian, philosopher and poet Alishan, his views on the history of Armenia and its artistic incarnations, in particular, songs in the ancient Armenian from the volume “Ayruni”. The historical concept of Alishan recognizes two names as aworld outlook principle: the Bible and Khorenatsi; Alishan formulates his vision of the Motherland through the reading of their fundamental signs.In his opinion, the natural-geographical space becomes the Motherland, when it is filled with content, including language, spiritual and material creations, the church and human exploits. Within this framework he creates his patriotic song on a theme chosen in accordance with the idea, in a unique poetic form. We have presented the history of the the internal struggles of the national ideology in the scientific and artistic heritage of Alishan, the passionate searches of the Armenian thought aimed at the collection of fragments of recollections and memories from the distant historical times, with the help of which it will be possible to revive, breathe a new life into the dying Armenian reality.We have made theoretical generalizations concerning the Armenian studies of the activities of the Mkhitaryans, the recognition of the preservation of the nation and enlightenment, Europeanization and scientific character of the Armenian thought as a priority doctrine, while the personality and passionate creative searches of Father Alishan remained in the center of our attention. When examining his poetry, we have analyzed several works in the ancient Armenian, trying to present, using an example of an artistic original, some of Alishan's key observations concerning his worldview, in particular, the history of Armenia, as well as a peculiar style and references through which Alishan passes on his vision of Armenianness to the future generations. At the end, we have presented the conclusions proceeding from the scientific formulation of the question.