For the Definition of the Typological Model of Hagiographic Work Cover Image

ჰაგიოგრაფიული ნაწარმოების ტიპოლოგიური მოდელის განსაზღვრისათვის
For the Definition of the Typological Model of Hagiographic Work

Author(s): Nino Popiashvili
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Georgian literature
Published by: ლიტერატურის ინსტიტუტის გამომცემლობა
Keywords: European-Georgian literary and cultural relations; Hagiographic Literature, Georgian Hagiographic Literature; Late Antique literature; Early Medieval Literature; Literature Models;

Summary/Abstract: Late Antique and Early Medieval literature includes texts created in the era of early Christianity, from which European literature arose, reflecting the historical, social, cultural, religious features of the era. The literature of this period on the one hand is based on ancient literary tradition, and on the other hand, the paradigms and concepts of the Bible and the Gospel. However, the style of Roman legal language and investigative process, which is preserved, makes the actions rather realistic. Hence, together, they form a qualitatively new literary model, combining the heroism and tragedy of the ancient era with its religious, Christian morality, and the ideology of the Roman law and historical issues. The law, models and paradigm of the hagiographic genre are associated with several main aspects, which arise from the peculiarities of hagiography itself, the description of the lives of saints, short, detailed, editorial types to be read and listened, the function of hagiography itself, norms, values.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 209-226
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Georgian