The series dedicated to the scientific achievements by our INVITE fellows continues. Here we have the presentation by Hasmik Vardayan about Dante’s influence on modern Armenian literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the field of Dante\u2019s studies, there has never been realized a complete study to find out the influence of Dante in the works of the modern Armenian poets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My research offers an introduction to this rich topic, also presenting for the first time a comparative study between the Armenian poems (many of which have never been translated or presented in other languages) and the original text of the Inferno<\/em> of Dante, in this way demonstrating Italy\u2019s great poet\u2019s remarkable influence in the modern Armenian literature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Apart the literary study, my research also includes a historical and political aspect, which is especially relevant in the current geopolitical situation. In particular, it refers to the two World Wars with the following establishment of new boarders and spheres of influences, the Armenian Genocide and the continuous ethnic cleansing in the historical Armenian regions currently underway and the literary interpretation of the political situation on the model of Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My research focuses on the presence of Dante-character and Dante-poet in poems which describe real historical events, all written in the first half of the 20th<\/sup> century and all having a strong interconnection among each other and the first canticle of the Divine Comedy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n