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Ideology in the 20th Century: studies of literary and social discourses and practices
able. The free poetic style increased, but at the same time it organical-
ly merged with the traditional Georgian poetic spirit. Patriotic and even
anti-ideological themes were also manifested. The best example of this
is a poetical cycle by Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010) dedicated to
the Georgian conspiracy in 1832.8 “Is Georgian a language only? / No, it
is Georgian’s Religion! / God! / Fate!” declares Mukhran Machavariani
to manifest that a sense of national identity, national values, and dignity
still remained in the Soviet Republic of Georgia.
The works of young poets were published in leading newspapers and
magazines; they published poetry collections and offered Georgian read-
ers various poetic visions and rhymes, and semantic and formal inno-
vations. However, this relatively free, pro-Western model of discourse,
equally established in Georgian poetry and prose, proved to be a result
168 of the brief political Thaw. Starting in the 1970s the Thaw became dan-
gerous, and the instinct of banning foreign influences was again reacti-
vated—the aggression of the Soviet government intensified toward any
innovation, which, on the one hand, acquired an extremely artificial
character, and on the other, violated the elementary norms of commu-
nication. As a result, writers as some of the most qualified users of infor-
mation were suffering from a lack of information. This period held in a
political grip gained the status of a period of stagnation, and Georgian
literature patiently started searching for alternative means of representa-
tion.
Translated by Irene Kujtsia.
Works Cited
Asatiani, Guram. 2002. “Guram rcheulishvilis xsovna.” In Georgian Liter-
ature In Four Volumes, Vol 3, ed. by Vaja Gigashvili, 43–47. Tbilisi: Ne-
ostudio Press
Borev, Yuri. 2001. “Osobennosti protsessa literaturnogo razvitiia.” In Theory
of Literature, Vol. 4, ed. by Yuri Borev, 457–470. Moscow: IMLI RAN.
Chiaromonte, Nicola. 1953. “Realism and Neorealism in Contemporary
Italian Literature.” In The English Journal 42, no. 5: 237–245.
Doiashvili, Teimuraz. 2012. “Me xshirad mxvdeba xateba misi.” In Galak-
tionologia, VII, ed. by Teimuraz Doiashvili, 100–115. Tbilisi: Institute
of Literature Press, 2012.
8 In 1832, Georgian nobles united against Russian Tsarism, but the conspiracy was be-
trayed and all the members of the conspiracy were punished by the Russian emperor.
able. The free poetic style increased, but at the same time it organical-
ly merged with the traditional Georgian poetic spirit. Patriotic and even
anti-ideological themes were also manifested. The best example of this
is a poetical cycle by Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010) dedicated to
the Georgian conspiracy in 1832.8 “Is Georgian a language only? / No, it
is Georgian’s Religion! / God! / Fate!” declares Mukhran Machavariani
to manifest that a sense of national identity, national values, and dignity
still remained in the Soviet Republic of Georgia.
The works of young poets were published in leading newspapers and
magazines; they published poetry collections and offered Georgian read-
ers various poetic visions and rhymes, and semantic and formal inno-
vations. However, this relatively free, pro-Western model of discourse,
equally established in Georgian poetry and prose, proved to be a result
168 of the brief political Thaw. Starting in the 1970s the Thaw became dan-
gerous, and the instinct of banning foreign influences was again reacti-
vated—the aggression of the Soviet government intensified toward any
innovation, which, on the one hand, acquired an extremely artificial
character, and on the other, violated the elementary norms of commu-
nication. As a result, writers as some of the most qualified users of infor-
mation were suffering from a lack of information. This period held in a
political grip gained the status of a period of stagnation, and Georgian
literature patiently started searching for alternative means of representa-
tion.
Translated by Irene Kujtsia.
Works Cited
Asatiani, Guram. 2002. “Guram rcheulishvilis xsovna.” In Georgian Liter-
ature In Four Volumes, Vol 3, ed. by Vaja Gigashvili, 43–47. Tbilisi: Ne-
ostudio Press
Borev, Yuri. 2001. “Osobennosti protsessa literaturnogo razvitiia.” In Theory
of Literature, Vol. 4, ed. by Yuri Borev, 457–470. Moscow: IMLI RAN.
Chiaromonte, Nicola. 1953. “Realism and Neorealism in Contemporary
Italian Literature.” In The English Journal 42, no. 5: 237–245.
Doiashvili, Teimuraz. 2012. “Me xshirad mxvdeba xateba misi.” In Galak-
tionologia, VII, ed. by Teimuraz Doiashvili, 100–115. Tbilisi: Institute
of Literature Press, 2012.
8 In 1832, Georgian nobles united against Russian Tsarism, but the conspiracy was be-
trayed and all the members of the conspiracy were punished by the Russian emperor.
