“ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN LITERATURE” AUTHOR TO HOST BOOK-SIGNING EVENT IN GLENDALE

PanARMENIAN.Net
June 5, 2012 – 16:58 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – On June 28, Glendale Central Library Auditorium will
host a book signing event with Dr. Rubina Peroomian, author of the
book titled “The Armenian Genocide in Literature: Perceptions of Those
who lived Through the Years of Calamity.” The lecture is in English.

Dr. Peroomian holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
from UCLA. She has taught Armenian studies courses, lectured widely,
participated in international symposia, and contributed chapters to
scholarly volumes. Her earlier publications include Literary Responses
to Catastrophe, A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience
(1993), Hayastane HoHeDa-Bolshevik Haraberutiunneri Volortum, 1917-1921
(1997), And Those who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915(2008),
and a series of high school textbooks on the Armenian Cause, as well
as an online guidebook for teaching the Armenian Genocide to Armenian
students grades 1-9.

The Armenian Genocide in Literature: Perceptions of Those who lived
Through the Years of Calamity, published in 2012 by the Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan, addresses the responses of the
first generation survivor-writers reflecting the depth of the initial
psychological shock and the soul-consuming struggle in dispersion; the
responses of the orphan generation in their complexity and diversity
and departure from the literary traditions of the past; and memoirs,
personal stories of aging survivors. The book reveals the inner psyche
of the survivors of a colossal collective catastrophe symptomized
by withdrawal, isolation, anger, protest, wistful yearnings, and
the collapse of moral and social order. The denial of the crime and
distortion of history by the perpetrators add to the dilemma and
hinders the process of healing to begin.

The program is sponsored by The UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian
Studies in cooperation with Friends of UCLA Armenian Language and
Culture Studies & Abril Bookstore, according to a press release.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress