215 research outputs found
THE PSEUDONYMOUS CODE OF G. CHKHARTISHVILI
No full textThis paper sets out to systematize the multiple pseudonyms used by the contemporary writer G. Chkhartishvili. These are B. Akunin (The Adventures of Erast Fandorin, The Adventures of Sister Pelagia, a series of novels The Adventures of the Master, the project Genres, the plays The Seagull, Yin and Yang, the project The History of the Russian State), Boris Akunin and Grigory Chkhartishvili (Cemetery Stories), Akunin-Chkhartishvili (Aristonomy, Another Way), Grigory Chkhartishvili (The Writer and Suicide), Anatoly Brusnikin (Devyatny Spas, Hero of Another Time, Bellona) and Anna Borisova (Kreativschik, There, The Seasons). We investigate reasons for the multiplicity of Akuninian pseudonyms, a strategically honed system of which contributes to his authorial image. It is shown that, while the commercial pseudonyms are aimed at promoting his new literary projects and are implemented through a conspiracy game played with the reader, the creative ones serve to manifest the author ' s breadth of interests and philological knowledge such that every new pen name triggers a new writing strategy and a new creative tactic. The analysis of various literary masks' influence on the author ' s creative outcome shows that each pseudonym is 'placed' in the literary, genre or artistic time of the text. B. Akunin is primarily the author of historical retro-detective stories, whereas adventure novels are signed by the pen name of A. Brusnikin. A. Borisova 'writes' prose set in the present day. From the very beginning, the author's real name has been always assigned to his serious literature. The authorial system of names is being constantly refined, distinguishing B. Akunin, the fiction writer, from G. Chkhartishvili, the elite literature writer, in the novels Aristonomy and Another Way the twinned name Akunin-Chartishvili deliver another conceptual image. In conclusion it is stated that the abundance of Chartishvili's pen names evinces the author's intellectual and personal intrigue, which points to multiconceptual character of their pseudonymous code, being auto-and self-marketing, creative auto- and self-identification.The article was prepared with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFFI) - the Department of Humanitarian and Social Sciences, project No. 17-21-07002, and the type of grant - a (m): "A Soviet person in the ambivalent reception of Hungarian and Russian humanitaristics of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Twenty Centuries of christianity in Georgia
No full textThe paper traces history of spreading Christianity in Georgia since the 1st century AD, showing its significance for making the Georgian nation. Based on historic sources the story includes the legends linked to the process. Taking into consideration scholarly literature the paper dates proclaiming Christianity in Georgia back to 326, considering the issue of autocephalous movement of the Georgian Church. History of the Georgian Church embraces contribution of the leaders in the different times.
genetic and phenetic exploration of georgian grapevine germplasm
No full textOne hundred and forty seven accessions of Georgian grapevine germplasm have been analyzed by phenotypical and genetic markers. Accessions were described according to the IPGRI, GENRES 081, O.I.V., and UPOV united descriptors. Morphometric data were collected both on fruits (bunches, berries, and seeds) and leaves (81 measures per leaf). Chemometric data involved variables of technological maturation and berry skin anthocyanins (total and relative profiling). The six nuclear microsatellite loci, defined and selected in the frame of the GENRES 081 EU project, have been used for genotyping. Statistical data processing by multivariate method evidenced a high degree of genetic diversity. Almost all accessions were defined by a unique genotype. Genetic and phenetic grouping were related to the geographical origin of the varieties
Genetic and phenetic exploration of Georgian grapevine germplasm
No full textOne hundred and forty seven accessions of Georgian grapevine germplasm have been analyzed by phenotypical and genetic markers. Accessions were described according to the IPGRI, GENRES 081, O.I.V., and UPOV united descriptors. Morphometric data were collected both on fruits (bunches, berries, and seeds) and leaves (81 measures per leaf). Chemometric data involved variables of technological maturation and berry skin anthocyanins (total and relative profiling). The six nuclear microsatellite loci, defined and selected in the frame of the GENRES 081 EU project, have been used for genotyping. Statistical data processing by multivariate method evidenced a high degree of genetic diversity. Almost all accessions were defined by a unique genotype. Genetic and phenetic grouping were related to the geographical origin of the varieties
The project of Boris Akunin - an example of literary strategy at the turn of XX-XXI centuries
No full textThis work deals with the literaturary project "B. Akunin", which was defined by it's creator G. Chkhartishvili as a "quality literature for the mass reader". When they wish to characterise the project, critics emphasize the use of an adventure plot combined with interesting style and intertextual play. We see a tendency to place the project in the "middle level", which in their hierarchy is somewhere between the literature created for the "happy few" and consumer fiction. However convergence of mass and elite culture is too general a trend in postmodernist literary strategy to be sufficiently characteristic of a concrete author. Our research covers all the texts published to the present day under the names of both G. Chkhartishvili and B. Akunin. It was the part of the extratextual strategy of the author to construct an image of himself as a writer of serious, almost scientific prose, who began to write detective stories for his own and his readers' enjoyment. The author generally uses mass clichés whenever he describes his heroes and action scenes in the story. He uses a great many simple references to the other literaturary works in his texts which should be understandable by every reader. At the same time we find other, more complicated references requiring knowledge of a wider literary "encyclopedia"...
Literární strategie přelomu 20. a 21. století: varianta B. Akunina
No full textThis work deals with the literaturary project "B. Akunin", which was defined by it's creator G. Chkhartishvili as a "quality literature for the mass reader". When they wish to characterise the project, critics emphasize the use of an adventure plot combined with interesting style and intertextual play. We see a tendency to place the project in the "middle level", which in their hierarchy is somewhere between the literature created for the "happy few" and consumer fiction. However convergence of mass and elite culture is too general a trend in postmodernist literary strategy to be sufficiently characteristic of a concrete author. Our research covers all the texts published to the present day under the names of both G. Chkhartishvili and B. Akunin. It was the part of the extratextual strategy of the author to construct an image of himself as a writer of serious, almost scientific prose, who began to write detective stories for his own and his readers' enjoyment. The author generally uses mass clichés whenever he describes his heroes and action scenes in the story. He uses a great many simple references to the other literaturary works in his texts which should be understandable by every reader. At the same time we find other, more complicated references requiring knowledge of a wider literary "encyclopedia"....Institute of Slavonic and East European StudiesÚstav slavistických a východoevropských studiíFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art
On Identification of Sources of Movses Khorenatsi_The Conversion of Kartli.pdf
No full textThe paper is about the sources of "History of Armenia" by Movses Khorenatsi. The research allow the author to conclude that "The conversion of Kartli 'serves for ARmenian historian as source when he describes the conversion of Georgia.</div
Effect of Static Atomic Charges on Small Elemental Clusters: Evidence from Boron
No full textStudy examines the effect of static atomic charges on small elemental clusters relative stability. For this purpose equilibrium bonds length and specific (per atom) binding energy of all-boron neutral, anionic and cationic planar clusters Bn containing n ≤ 15 atoms are calculated in the frames of phenomenological diatomic molecular model imagining the cluster as a construction of pair interatomic chemical bonds. In elemental clusters, which are finite structures of chemically identical but differently coordinated atoms, static charges of atoms are assumed to be proportional to their coordination numbers. Most symmetric clusters have revealed the non-monotonic dependencies of B-B length and specific binding energy on n, which seem to be related with differences in their structures. Obtained results provoke reconsidering the usual assumption that the equilibrium isomer of a cluster corresponds to its highest symmetry even at the significant static electrical charges localized on atomic sites
Zoroastrianism and “The Martyrdom of Eustathius of Mtskheta” by an unknown author
No full text“The Martyrdom of Eustathius of Mtskheta” is the second oldest work
in Georgian literature after “The Martyrdom of Shushanik” by Iakob Tsurtaveli
(it should also be noted that there are different opinions about the
dating of Georgian hagiographic works. Among them, some scientists
share the opinion regarding the new dating of “The Martyrdom of Kolael
Children”; about the antiquity of the stories depicting different eras included in “Life of Kartli”, including parts of “Pharnavaziani” and “Life of
Nino”, etc.). The political, social, religious and cultural aspects of the 6th
century Kartli are conveyed in the work. During the scientific study of the
text, several important key issues were identified, about which there are
differences of opinion (I. Javakhishvili, A. Harnack, K. Kekelidze, M. Andronikashvili,
I. Assmann and H. Strom, Sh. Nutsubidze, T. Chkonia, B. Kilanava,
S. Sigua, L. Menabde, E. Gabidzashvili, M. Chkhartishvili, Metreveli, G.
Kuchukhidze, etc.). “The Martyrdom of Eustathius of Mtskheta”, as one of
the earliest hagiographical works, on the initiative of Ivane Javakhishvili,
arouses interest in German scientific circles. In 1901, the text translated
by Ivane Javakhishvili was published in German, edited by Adolf Harnack.
“The Martyrdom of Eustathius of Mtskheta” by an unknown author
reveals the important influences of Mazdaism. In particular, the Mazdian
funeral ritual is found in the work. In the paper, we will talk about the
connection of Zoroastrianism, as the next stage of Mazdaism, in connection
with “The Martyrdom of Eustathius of Mtskheta”
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