Official Memory and National Identity: Dreams, Jinns, and Memory Gardens in Akram Aylisli’s ‘Stone Dreams’
Description
In 2016, Azerbaijan arrested one of its esteemed writers, Akram Aylisli, for writing a fictional story depicting Armenian trauma, existence, and peaceful coexistence with Azeris. This paper analyzes how Akram Aylisli's work, "Stone Dreams: A Novel-Requiem,' has reevaluated national identity and has disrupted the official memory created by Azerbaijan, where certain historical events are contested and even suppressed.
Date Created
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2023-05
Agent
- Author (aut): Macias, Riley
- Thesis director: Meloy, Elizabeth
- Committee member: Palandjian, Garine
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College
- Contributor (ctb): School of Social Transformation
- Contributor (ctb): School of Politics and Global Studies