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“THE VIRTUOUS SERVANT OF GOD” - QUEEN KETEVAN
“THE VIRTUOUS SERVANT OF GOD” - QUEEN KETEVAN

Author(s): Dali Betkhoshvili
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Kültür Ajans Tanıtım ve Organizasyon
Keywords: Teimuraz I; Queen Ketevan; torture; regret; pray; Captivity of Shiraz; “Virtuous Servant of God”; deed;

Summary/Abstract: The work analyzes one of the problems from the poem “The Torture of Queen Ketevan”, which takes the special place in the original work of King-Poet Teimuraz I. His artistic heritage includes not only the original works, but also translated and adapted ones from Persian literature which includes not only the secular, but spiritual ones as well. Each problem is fed from Christian and Biblical prospective, it is understood from the spiritual prospective. It connects secular and spiritual issues very closely and clearly demonstrates that every creature is one whole and inseparable part of the world. The poem “The Torture of Queen Ketevan” is the work of secular genre, it belongs to the Part I of the century XVII, but it is written according to the Hagiography and it has theoretical purpose, and the title “”Torture” indicates it, which reflects the spiritual deed of a Queen, her martyr way of life mirroring her mission full of national pain, protection of native land and belief, which she burdened bravely on herself as a heavy cross, like Jesus Christ and executed it.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 68-82
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English