Georgian Emigrant Literary Criticism of the 1930s about the Literary Process Taking Place in Soviet Georgia

Abstract

The Georgian emigrant literature of the 20th century is part of the national heritage; along with the literary texts created in exile, the emigrant Georgian literary criticism is equally, and perhaps even more important. The emigrant critics campaigned especially harshly against proletarian literature, exposing the goal of the Bolshevik state to turn literature into a party, propaganda tool, the best class weapon.

The article, using the example of publications by several Georgian periodicals published in Paris, presents the attitude of emmigrant critics towards specific authors and works.