Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): XIII International Symposium Contemporary Issues of Literary Studies : Political Events of 1980-1990s and Literary Discourse
Politics and Literature - Ambivalent Integrity

On the Relationship of Existential Vectors of the Literary and Political Fields of the “Happy Martyr”

Manana Kvataia
Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature

Published 2019-12-20

Keywords

  • Literary and Political Fields,
  • Mission of the Writer,
  • Happy Martyr

Abstract

According to Bismarck’s famous saying “politics is not a science, but an art”. Hence, it is closely related with all spheres of the man’s spiritual life, including literature. Georgian classic Otar Chiladze considers that a mission of the writer, and in general, the creator, is “compassion, encouragement of a man who has fallen into the labyrinth of life”. When discussing the aspects of Georgia’s political field in the 1980s and 1990s, Otar Chiladze singles out new mainstream vectors of the country and points out that a national movement cannot be brutal and any cruelty towards it makes it even more inevitable. Considering the global issues, Otar Chiladze notes that the salvation for modern humanity facing great challenges is rooted in a word “love” as a step towards loving your neighbors.