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The Student Scientific Society of Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) held a conference on May 6 at the initiative of the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Armenian Literature and its Teaching Methods of the University. The topics were relevant, with an emphasis on key human values.
Lilit Poghosyan, an MA student of the University, presented a report on the topic "The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi as Assessed by Manuk Abeghyan." She emphasized that, opposing false theories, Manuk Abeghyan, in his extensive work titled “Armenian Folk Myths by M. Khorenatsi's "History of Armenia" which was published in Echmiadzin in 1899, showed the folk nature of those myths as an expression of the initial stage of the intellectual development of the Armenian people. “Manuk Abeghyan proved that those myths contain unique material and value regarding the formation and history of the Armenian people and they have played an important role in the formation of the national identity of Armenians," she said.
Undergraduate student Liana Karapetyan focused on the contemporary value of Ghevond Alishan's "Hayots Ergk Ramkakank” (Armenian Popular Songs) and the teaching of the topic in schools, while Tatyana Abdoyan dwelt on the glorification of Armenians’ diligence in fairy tales. She added that the topic is also included in the curriculum of high schools: work is the key to human well-being, high school students have a higher level of awareness of it.
In her report undergraduate student Nara Vardanyan touched on Hovhannes Tumanyan's poems [for children] and folklore. She emphasized that Tumanyan's works contribute to moral and intellectual education of learners and form a system of human values.
Professor Aelita Dolukhanyan, Head of the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Armenian Literature and its Teaching Methods, thanked the speakers for the topics and authors they had chosen. “They are universal and national, we should move forward with them, and teach them in schools,” she said.
