A meeting was organized with the well-known literary critic, philosopher Mark Nshanian on Monday, February 29, 2016, at 8 pm, at Room 3 of the Armenian Center of Montreal. The meeting was dedicated to Nshanian’s newly published book "Image, Narration, History".
Anahit Balian delivered the opening speech of the event in the name of the Literature Committee of the Hamazkayin Montreal’s "Sanahin" Chapter. Then she invited Raffi Achemian to present the author and the subject of the day.
The first of the two-volume book, published by "Actual Art" in Yerevan and sponsored by the humanitarian institution after Ashot Hovhannisian, carries "a philosophical friendship" sub-title.
In this book, the author examines photographer Karol Fekete’s works and the literary and philosophical works of the French intellectuals Morris Blansho and Georges Bataille and presents the issues of image, narration and history from the modern perspective.
"We can testify any case. However, can we testify any testimony violation? Is it a case similar to others? It is the question, which the person asks to himself when appearing in such a situation. Only he can ask that question. Why do we know so little about these subjects? ″ – asks Nshanian in his book.
During the whole presentation, which lasted one and a half hours, the audience followed the author’s speech with interest and left the hall with great satisfaction and with hope to meet with him again.