Full Description
This Element re-evaluates the genesis and early development of Georgian literature. Sparked by the Christian invention of a Georgian script ca. 400 AD, this literature was a product of the Christianization of the Caucasus region. But to what extent was early Georgian literature a Christian one? What were the ecclesiastical, cultural, and linguistic contexts of Georgian literature? And how did Georgia's, and Caucasia's, existing ties to Iranian cultural world affect the evolution of a distinctly Georgian literature?
Contents
Introduction: Conversion and Literary Genesis; 1. Biblical and Liturgical Texts; 2. Other Translated and Adapted Texts; 3. Original Hagiography; 4. Original Historiography; 5. Literary Expressions of Christian Georgian Identity; Epilogue: Future Investigations; Bibliography.
