ENIGMA «TEMPLE» IN POSTMODERNIST MINIATURE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF MAYA JALIASHVILI'S MINIATURES)

Georgian postmodernist miniature is an important artistic space of the latest Georgian writing (alongside the novel, short story, novel, sketch and other prose (as well as poetic) narratives. Miniature as a literary genre has a long history in Georgia (although, at the same time, much shorter than other genres). As indicated in the anthology published at the beginning of the nineties of the last century, Vazha-Pshavela's short prose works are considered to be the first samples of miniatures. The genre was raised to a special height by modernist authors – Niko Lortkifanidze and Sandro Tsirekidze. Also, Terenti Granelli, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Titsian Tabidze, Paolo Yashvili created some excellent examples. In the transition period between modernism and postmodernism, artistic texts of Guram Rcheulishvili, Rezo Inanishvili, Nodar Dumbadze, as well as Givi Margvelashvili, an excellent German-speaking Georgian author working in Germany, are perceived as interesting examples of the genre. At the beginning of the era of postmodernism, excellent miniatures were created by the above-mentioned Rezo Inanishvili («from desk notebooks»), Nugzar Shataidze, Otar Chkheidze... Leila Beroshvili, Olesia Tavadze, Naira Gelashvili, Rostom Chkheidze, Zaal Samadashvili are the main creators of Georgian miniatures in recent years... In this letter, we will focus on the arc of miniatures of the famous Georgian literary scholar and writer – Maya Jaliashvili «TaoKlarjeti Diary», in which the author (simultaneously, the narrator and the lyrical character) tells us about the five great temples of Tao-Klarjeti: Bana, Khakhuli, Oshk, Khandzta, Doliskhana. The Temple Enigma combines all five miniatures of the arc.