ივანე ჯავახიშვილი წმ. გიორგი მთაწმინდელის თხრობის სტილის შესახებ/ Ivane Javakhishvili On Narrative Style of St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli

Abstract

Ivane Javakhishvili's research on the narration of monuments of ancient Georgian writing, namely About the style of St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographic writings, which is expressed in his fundamental work and the monograph published after his death, they are "Old Georgian Historical Writing~ and The publication of St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's writings and the study attached to it, acquired great importance for the general study of Georgian religious and secular literature, historical writing, and the conceptual issues of the Georgian Literary and Theological School of Athos. He was one of the first to pay attention and form his views to St. About the codicological-textological issues, sources and narrative style of Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographical works, thereby drawing attention to the methodological views of the writer-hagiographer. In this regard, Ivane Javakhishvili directed his observations to On the text of "The Life of St. John and St. Ephvime Mtatsmindelis" as a historical work, but these observations are also important from a philological-literary point of view. According to the scientist, he had oral and written sources, which he himself indicates. In modern research, we have the opportunity to verify the mentioned issues with other sources, which once again shows the scientific genius of Ivane Javakhishvili. In these works, Ivane Javakhishvili used the terminology used in theological and historical writings, namely "tskhoreva", "dignified citizenship", "a letter to be remembered", "length of time", "the coming of truth to science", "infallible" and others. Discussed by The issue of St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographic narrative style, which presents the author as a truthful writer. The report talks about the different opinions on each raised issue based on historical and philological studies at the modern stage. The work presents the merits of Ivane Javakhishvili St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographic works. In determining the sources, textological processing, narrative style, epochal value of the lives of Saints John and Ephvime in the context of the thought space of the Middle Ages, based on the achievements of modern philological-literary science.