Abstract:
Observation of modern literary life shows us how difficult it is
to generalize real life and present living personalities as literary characters,
who will be able to present the problems that exist today in
artistic forms and also show the way to solve them to the reader.
From our point of view, we can assess the first half of the 19th
century as the boundary of different epochs, in which we see the social
crisis of late feudalism, the change of consciousness, the confrontation
of imperial laws with Georgian law, the abolition of national
customs and new economic relations and many others.
We can boldly say that without literature, other fields of science
would be completely powerless to get acquainted with the life and
people of that time, their views on various issues that give us a vivid
idea of the past two centuries, describe our compatriots, their lives,
interests, relationships Forms, which in itself depicts the whole
epoch, sociopolitical and cultural reality.
In this case, naturally, the fact that Giorgi Eristvi was the first
writer to be able to do this, is very important. Kita Abashidze develops
this idea when he relies on the theory of evolution (Ferdinand
Brunettieri) and mentions only Giorgi Eristavi among the realists of
the 19th century as the 8 founder of this current, who first gave us a realistic picture of Georgia at that time and painted such a living environment.
Andukapar, Paul Ivan, Beeglar, Mikritum, these are the characters
who first introduced us to the real (realistic) images of life at
that time and were able to present them to the reader (viewer) in a
satirical-humorous genre.
They have undergone minor modifications throughout the century,
and it is not at all surprising that the gallery of characters in
classical literature is still recognizable by their character, a typical
generalized look.
I am sure that our readers, who have mastered the specifics of
reading dramaturgical works, will be able to see the literary virtues
that are undoubtedly seen in the famous plays of the writer Giorgi
Eristavi.
The article presented at the conference will discuss these issues
and, in general, the merit of Giorgi Eristavi before Georgian literature.
