TARAS SHEVCHENKO FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF GEORGIAN WRITERS: SOVIET CULTURAL CONTEXT

Abstract

The article is devoted to the reception of Ukrainian classical writer Taras Shevchenko in Georgian literature during the Soviet period.

Background: The article examines the peculiarities of the perception of Tara Shevchenko's work in the Georgian Soviet cultural reality. Georgian writers met Taras Shevchenko and were interested in Ukrainian Kobzar even during his lifetime. Akaki Tsereteli, a classic of Georgian literature, knew him personally. Taras Shevchenko attracted the attention of many Georgian writers at different times along with the change of era.

Methods: Hermeneutics and interpretation of the artistic text, as well as semiotic analysis, were chosen as the methodology of the article.

Conclusions: for Georgian writers, Taras Shevchenko is a symbol of Ukrainian national identity, even in texts created under the conditions of Soviet imperial ideology. He is a leader, the father of the nation, a prophet, a leading figure who has become a kind of cult in Georgian literature, in this case – in the recipient culture.

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