ՀԱՅ ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԻՆՔՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՈՐՈՆՄԱՆ ԽՆԴԻՐԸ ՓԻԹԵՐ ԲԱԼԱՔՅԱՆԻ «ՃԱԿԱՏԱԳՐԻ ՍԵՒ ՇՈՒՆԸ» ԵՐԿՈՒՄ

<jats:p>SUMMARY This article examines the search for national identity in the memoir “The Black Dog of Destiny” by the Armenian writer Peter Balakian. The study was conducted in the following areas: the American environment and Armenian hereditary memory; at the intersection of the external and internal worlds; silence - “home”, psychological states in their various manifestations; silence - a refuge, from which the introspective life begins, a psychological cause of misunderstanding, a means of security, a manifestation of self-restraint of suffering and pain, the rediscovery and re-proclaiming of identity or the recognition of genealogy and national conversion, events revealed by the biographies and portraits of surviving heroes. The development of national selfconsciousness proceeds through the stages of the secrets revealed in American life, the history revealed by documentaries, and the struggle against the denial of the Armenian Genocide. Peter Balakian’s work “The Black Dog of Destiny” is characterized by its historical and psychological multi-layered nature, its highly refined prose, and its harmonious blend of fact and imagination. It is rightly regarded as one of the great achievements of exploratory literature, serving as a spiritual and national bridge between the past, present, and future. In Balakian’s memoir, the issues of the Armenian Genocide and identity are closely intertwined, and the quest is resolved through an understanding of both the causes and the consequences.</jats:p>