Vol. 15 (2021): XV International Symposium Contemporary Issues of Literary Studies : Literature and Pandemic. Historical and Thematic Experience
World Literature and Art in a Pandemic

„Balcony Culture“ of COVID Epoch

Gocha Kuchukhidze
Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature

Published 2021-12-20

Keywords

  • Covid Epoch,
  • Culture

Abstract

 

In the beginning of the pandemics, in the social media entire world observed people on their balconies singing songs of different genres (sometimes they lacked professionalism but mostly they sang with great love).

The fact that all performances had the same signs, as reflected on the performance manner, style, attracts attention: there was apparently seen the sense of missing, desire of live communication and support, consequently, we offer the question: is it possible that at a time of pandemics there emerged some kind of movement that has existed for certain time only and that, conditionally, we called “the balcony culture of COVID epoch”.