Georgian Modernism: Historical Context and Typology

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Keyw ords: New Book, Georgian Modernism, Typology. Georgian Modernism, its genesis and typology have not been fundamentally studied for quite clear reasons so far. Due to this fact the project carried out in Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian literature in the frames of which the book entitled “Typology of Georgian Modernism” was published in 2016, is of an indispensible importance. “Typology of Georgian Modernism” has been comprised by the group of the authors. However, the articles are organized in such a compositional way that the book looks like a one wholeness, which gives a thorough impression about Georgian modernism as a part of European cultural part.

The book opens with a theoretical article, which serves a function of a guide. As for the rest scientific papers there are discussed such central question as historical-political, scientific-cultural contexts of forming Georgian modernism, the phases of developing modernism, its forced end and the results of it. The articles of several authors are dedicated to each issue as a result of which we receive a wide-scale analysis. Separate papers are dedicated to the prominent representatives of modernism: Grigol Robakidze, Galaktion Tabidze, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia and Mickeil Javakhishvili. Due to the diversity of the themes and profound analysis “Typology of Georgian Modernism” is a huge achievement in Georgian literary studies.

It would be of a big interest not only for Georgian literature and scholars of cultural studies of XX century but also for the youth fond of literature as well as the reader in general.

Published in the journal Sjani, vol. 17 (2016), pp. 295–300. Open the paper