THE PARADIGM OF THE FATHER/ “SVETI-TSKHOVELI” IN THE TEXTS OF GEORGIAN ECCLESIASTICAL LITERATURE AND POST-MODERNISM

(NIKOLOZ GULABERISDZE, ZAIRA ARSENISHVILI)

Abstract

An outstanding Georgian scholar, literary critic Revaz Tvaradze, studying Georgian literary process, used phrase-construction “fifteen-centyries unity” underlining devotion of the Georgian writers to national ideals in different epochs and different historical and political situations.

In the twenties of the 21^st century we`ll try to analyse the meaning of the paradigm of the Father/”Sveti-Tskhoveli” (main Georgian cathedral/”The Light Pillar”) in the texts of different epochs – 12-13^th and 20-21^st centuries. The paradigm of the Father/Old Day is reflection of the First Person of Christian Trinity.

We`ll analyse the following texts:

1. Nikoloz Gulaberisdze (12-13^th century), “Sveti-Tskhoveli Reading”,
2. Zaira Arsenishvili (20-21^st century), “Requiem”.

Invariability of the Father paradigm is very important, we`ll try to study the meaning of a symbol  in the texts of the Middle Ages and Post-Modernism.

The presented article is a part of a complex study process of Georgian ecclesiastical/spiritual and post-modernism literary heritage. We have discussed the paradigm of the Father/”The Old Day” from the Biblical-religious perspective.

Key Words: Ecclesiastical Literature, Post-Modernism, “Sveti-Tskhoveli”, Father, Paradigm.