Project: The attitude of Georgian versification compared to European versification (19th - 20th centuries)

Abstract

This article presents the justification part of the project found in the personal archive of the late scholar and researcher of the Georgian versification systems, Akaki Khintibidze (1924-2008), which was submitted to the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia in 2002. The project, headed by Akaki Khintibidze himself, is a continuation of the project ''The Georgian verse in the typological area (5th -18th centuries) of the European verse'' carried out in previous years (2000-2001) by the same group. The project was completed as part of the scholarly research carried out within the frames of the project and is still kept in the archive of A. Khintibidze. I believe that this material was either published as independent articles by the members of the group or was made part of their publications. My attention was attracted by the justification of the project written by Khintibidze, which has not yet been published and which will be available for Georgian and foreign researchers interested in Georgian poetry and verbal culture by means of this publication.

I believe that the following brief remarks regarding the relationship of the 19-20th century Georgian verse towards European versification deserve our attention.

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