The common title of the poetic cycles of Voloshin and Davtyan, the biblical prototype and the “apocalyptic spirit” of the historical epochs of wars and genocide caused a certain community of images in the poetry of both poets․ Voloshin’s Burning Bush symbolizes the eternal mysterious force thanks to which Russia has always managed to emerge refreshed from socio-political disasters․ In Davtyan’s poetry, the Bush symbolizes Christian faith of Armenian people, phenomenon of inexhaustible power and eternal rebirth․ For Voloshin fire is the embodiment of life and rebellion; for Davtyan – the image of homesickness․ The images of locusts (war and genocide, respectively) and the Mother of God (Motherland) are also common to the poets․ In addition, there are many other Biblical images in their cycles.
Key words: Burning Bush, Maximilian Voloshin, Vahagn Davtyan, Biblical images, fire, Mother of God, locust, cycle of poems, comparative analysis
DOI: 10.22250/2072-8662-2025-1-77-85
About the authors
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Lilit B. Seyranyan – PhD (Philology), Leading Researcher at the Department of Modern Armenian Literature, Institute of Literature n.a. M. Abeghyan NAS RA; Associate Professor at the Chair of History of Modern Armenian Literature and Literary Criticism, Yerevan State University; 15 Grigor Lusarovich st., Yerevan, 0015, Republic of Armenia; 1 Alek Manukyan st., Yerevan, 0025, Republic of Armenia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID 0000-0001-7151-9174 |
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Emma V. Grigoryan – postgraduate student at the Institute of Literature n.a. M. Abeghyan NAS RA, Lecturer of Yerevan Armenian-Greek State College of Tourism, Service and Food Industry, Teacher of Yerevan High School No. 46; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ORCID ID: 0009-0006-9328-456 |
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Suren S. Abrahamyan – DSc (Philology), Full Professor, Head of the Department of Modern Armenian Literature, Institute of Literature n.a. M. Abeghyan NAS RA; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6738-864X |