Akaki Tsereteli's Reception in Aka Morchiladze's Narrative ("Georgian Notebooks")

Abstract

Aka Morchiladze is one of the outstanding representatives of modern Georgian literature. In his works Georgia's past and  the artistic portraits of many historical figures are very well represented  through narrating specific dates and facts without much documentary accuracy. "Georgian Notebooks" is this type of a book. In a centuries-long retrospective through the method detailed reading the article analyzes how active the figure of a prominent Georgian poet and public figure of XIX century _ Akaki Tsereteli is in such a cultural discourse when the aim of the author is not to create an independent opus specifically about him. This narrative by Aka Morchiladze clearly shows that throughout his entire career Akaki's figure cannot be bypassed and there are no periods when he is either less active or isolated from socio-cultural events. An almost complete portrait of a distinguished writer is painted by means of the fragments in the text.