THE CITY AND MODERNITY IN HRANT MATEVOSYAN'S NOVEL "HANGOVER"

Abstract

From the very first analyzes of Hrant Matevosyan's work, depictions of rural life are traditionally considered important, while the city, which is central to understanding Matevosyan's prose in its entirety, has not been examined on a conceptual level. The purpose of the article is to study the depiction of the city in the novel "Hangover", considering it in relation to the modernization processes. The novel is examined in the broad contexts of Matevosyan’s work and its time. It is attempted to comprehensively reflect on the application of such central concepts relevant to the study of modernity, such as colonialism, the experience of the Other, body culture, and sexuality. New interpretations of the novel are offered from the points of view of resistance and national metaphor studies.

Thus, in Hr. Matevosyan's novel "Hangover", the city and modernity are depicted in the context of power-authority relations. Depicting the tension between nationalism and modernity, Matevosyan casts a resistant look at life in Moscow, observes the Soviet modern experience in its various expressions, showing in it the most diverse manifestations of individualism and individualization and national identity.