THE IMPORTANCE OF POSTMODERNIST TENDENCIES FOR COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL OF GODERDZI CHOKHELI „THE ARK OF SPIRIT”

Abstract

First and foremost, we would like to point out that we prepared one chapter of our dissertation qualification work under approximately similar title in 2013. At that time, the above-mentioned chapter of the dissertation was evaluated as a particularly important scientific innovation. Later, after a few years, in one of the other dissertations, a whole series of our assessments, which we presented in that particular chapter, were rejected with just one completely unsubstantiated sentence, and moreover, it was outlined that the author of the dissertation made false attributions. Although the aforementioned fact represents a single case and no one has re-estimated a previously stated oral or written position regarding this particular part of our research because of this, we still considered ourselves obliged to review the issue, including the opposing opinion, and with this background, highlight the importance of the problem, which is far beyond the sphere of taste or scientific tactics.

Naturally, it cannot be our goal to pursue every different and especially, unsubstantiated opinion. However, we believe that leaving less uncertainty in this matter is the most important for the writer’s work, and we simply do not have the right to leave ambiguity unanswered, as long as the part of Goderdzi Chokheli’s work, that we focus on in this paper, must be read taking into account that the presence of postmodernism elements in these works must be taken into account, otherwise, many things will actually remain incomprehensible and harm the prospects of a full understanding of the text.

Key words: Goderdzi Chokheli, Postmodernism, novel, text interpretation.