ABSTRACT
The memory of the Genocide, as the most important event in the history of the Armenian people, the unresolved injustice, the indomitable pain and mourning over the colossal loss, persisted in the Diaspora and served as the common thread stringing together the diasporan literature. With the Sovietization of Armenia, a drastic change was introduced not only in the political atmosphere, but also in the understanding of cultural and moral values, lifestyle, outlook, even norms and concepts pertaining to art and literature. European contemporary literature was filtering into the country, and the younger generation was avidly absorbing it. The atmosphere is ripe for the rebirth of national literature: the language, the soil, the presence of a common history and common destiny for almost three million people living in their homeland, sharing the same ethnic identity. Nationalistic themes were renounced and nationalism as an ingredient of Soviet identity was ruled out.
