GEORGIAN INTERPRETATION OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL THEORIES IN THE NOVELLA TALAKHI PERANGI BY INGA BAKHTADZE

Abstract

This article presents a cultural and literary analysis of the novella Talakhi Perangi by Inga Bakhtadze The aim of the study is to identify European cultural and philosophical ideas within the text and to analyze the specific features of their interpretation in the context of contemporary Georgian prose. The novella is examined as a cultural text in which individual experience and cultural symbolism intersect within a unified artistic system.

The research is based on interpretative and cultural analysis, as well as elements of semiotic textual analysis. The findings demonstrate that the text reflects worldview paradigms characteristic of European philosophical traditions, particularly German idealism, which are creatively transformed and adapted within the framework of local cultural experience. In the novella, the search for spiritual meaning and the awareness of its crisis emerge as forms of both individual and cultural self-reflection.

The analysis shows that Talakhi Perangi can be interpreted as a space of cultural self-reflection where the inner experiences of the characters and their environment are represented through a symbolic system of meanings. The study contributes to the cultural interpretation of contemporary Georgian prose and provides a basis for further scholarly investigation of the author’s literary works from a cultural perspective.

Keywords: Inga Bakhtadze; Talakhi Perangi; cultural analysis; German idealism; cultural symbolism; contemporary Georgian prose.