ჩინგიზ აიტმატოვის რომანის („საქონდაქრე“) ზოგიერთი ასპექტის გააზრებისათვის
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2021-03-31
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უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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It can be said with certainty that Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928-2008)
is one of the greatest Soviet writers. At the same time, he is regarded
as one of the most outstanding representatives of the world literature
of the second half of the twentieth Century. Aitmatov wrote
in both Kyrgyz and Russian. His works were translated into about
170 languages of the world. During the Soviet period, was awarded
the Lenin Prize and he was also awarded the USSR State Prize three
times. This great writer was honored with many prestigious international
awards too. In 2008, Chinghiz Aitmatov was nominated for the
Nobel Prize and he had a great chance of getting it, but unfortunately
in June of the same year, he died.
The novel “The Place of the Skull,” also known as “The Scaffold,”
is one of the most prominent works of Chinghiz Aitmatov. It was first
published in the Russian-language magazine “Novy Mir” and immediately
attracted the attention of both specialists and a wide range
of readers. “The Place of the Skull” is a rather complex, multidimensional
work. Even though Chinghiz Aitmatov was never a dissident in
the classical sense of the word and to some extent, even referred to
as a representative of the Soviet nomenclature, he never shied away
from disclosing acute social problems which he did in a very rare
artistic way and analyzed creatively. In this regard, the novel “The
Place of the Skull” acutely depicts the very painful and widespread
problem of modern society - drug addiction.
From today’s point of view, the problem mentioned beneath is
less relevant. However, the controversy over the so-called socialist
rule of USSR national economy between the individual characters should be considered as a manifestation of the problematic aspects
of the social reality by that time. In this respect, the author clearly
has a negative attitude towards the vulgar use of traditional communist
ideological clichés. The novel discusses other crucial social
issues of those days. However, all in all social problems are an important
aspect of this work only as it is adroitly intertwined with
much larger, arguably global, and somehow universal issues.
It goes without saying that as a highly artistic work, the novel
“The Place of the Skull” does not give any schematic advice or exhortations.
Ecological, ethical, philosophical, religious and many other
complex issues are creatively addressed in this work. The presumable
approach of a global catastrophe that humanity may inflict on
itself, both in the form of unaccountable destruction of nature and
the living environment and nuclear warfare are seen and completely
absorbed from an original philosophical and to some extent, religious
perspective too. The Aitmatov understanding of the figures of
Christ and Pilate is also extremely daring and artistically impressive.
In this awesome work of Chinghiz Aitmatov, it is difficult to
find any direct answer to the acute problems addressed, but it undoubtedly
has a kind of “shock therapy” effect. The author, within
the framework of his artistic and cognitive abilities tries his best to
awaken humanity, which is moving fast towards a tragic end.
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ეკოლოგია, რელიგია, ფილოსოფია, Ecology, Religion, Philosophy
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პროფესორ ოთარ ბაქანიძისადმი მიძღვნილი საერთაშორისო სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია: ლიტერატურათმცოდნეობა: ისტორია, პერსპექტივები და გამოწვევები, თეზისები, 31 მარტი 2021, გვ. 65-70/ International Scientific Conference Dedicated to Prof. Otar Bakanidze: LITERARY STUDIES: HISTORY, PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES, Abstracts, 31 March 2021, pp.: 65-70