The face of Shamil in Akaki Gatserelia's prose

Abstract

Remarkable writer of the 20^th century Akaki Gatserelia`s artistic work takes up a lot of space to show the face of Shamil , the face of a proud son of the mountain.

In general ,in the works of Georgian writers,  the face of Shamil appears to be a paradigm of disobedience and a hero  fighting for freedom. Akaki Gatserelia`s historical novels are created with this attitude.

The article contains artistic analysis of Akaki Gatserelia`s novels such as “One Day of the Imam”, “Imam in the lodge”, and “Bosco`s apprentice” .

The author`s goal  is to show the face of the hero Shamilstruggling for freedom on the one hand, and on the other hand to urge contemporaries to fight for freedom.