Ukrainian Scientific Literature on Ukrainian-Georgian Literary Relations: Constellation of Knowledge

Abstract

Ukrainian-Georgian literary context is an important segment of Soviet cultural policy. In modern studies, the literary development is considered as a cognitive process. Sovietologists compare it to Michel Foucault's theory and conclude that "power" and "knowledge" in literature are inseparably linked through practices and discourses (M. Lecke).
The researchers consider the literary process of the Soviet period as a "constellation of knowledge", in which the issues such as the relations between the center and the peripheries, peripheral culture and the search for cultural autonomy, central and marginal positions in the literary field, etc. are discussed. The research presented in the report is based on the methodology and scheme, developed by the modern German scientist Miria Lecke. In the literature created on Russian-Georgian literary relations, M. Lecke singles out – cult of classics, sociocultural factors of development of translation and literary process (personnel, themes, methods, institutions). Similar approach is completely new and is relevant to the Ukrainian-Georgian literary context as well.
Concepts such as East/West, orientalism, cultural imperialism, post-colonialism, etc. are used for theoretical analysis.