Reflection of Bolshevism in Zaira Arsenishvili's Postmodernist Novel "Requiem"

Bolshevism was the defining political doctrine of the Soviet Empire for decades. Its essence has been reflected and analyzed in many literary texts, including in the postmodern era. The fable of Zaira Arsenishvili's novel "Requiem" resembles the tragic plot(s) of works written in the 1920s and 1930s, for example, Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago", Grigol Robakidze's “The Slaughter of the Soul”, Konstantin Gamsakhurdia's “The Abduction of the Moon”, Mikheil Javakhishvili's “Jakos Khiznebi”, Otar Chkheidze's "Boriaki" - defined by the terrifying excesses of Bolshevism. 1921, 1924, 1930s are the time-space/temporal space when blood flowed in Georgia. The national tragedy of the interrupted project (Bela Tsipuria) - the meters of modernism - Mikheil Javakhishvili, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Grigol Robakidze, the poetic talents of modernism (Galaktioni, Graneli, Tsisperkantseli) recorded without temporal distances in the aforementioned “Migrants of Jako” or “Givi Shaduri”, “Dionysus' Smile” or “The Abduction of the Moon”, “The Slaughter of the Soul” or “Guardians of the Graali”, in the verse-poems “Mzeo Tibatvis” or “Conversation about Lyricism”, “Peacocks in the City” or “Horse with Angel”... The named texts (specifically), and the chronotope of Bolshevism (in general) have been studied by generations of authoritative Georgian scholars, but the analysis of the tragic era will require the efforts of many other generations. It is from this perspective that we delved into one of the essential layers of Zaira Arsenishvili's "Requiem" - the reception of Bolshevism in the text.