Constructing Third Space as an Attempt to Escape from National Narrative
Constructing Third Space as an Attempt to Escape from National Narrative

Summary/Abstract: Georgia is the part of the Soviet Union and the closed border hinder communication.Therefore, Visramian Family members often have to kidnap Georgians, or they marryany ethically Georgian person, who happens to be on the Island. These approach which isfree from any kind of feeling and relationship, destroys the lives of not only these people,but also affects the life on the Island. Visramians think that they are the most appropriatecandidates to undertake control over the Island after the British leave. While the Britishintend to maintain constitutional monarchy on the Island and crown AgatiaTsikhistavi (thedescendant of Ali Bay) as the Monarch with limited power. Turks, Russians, a Georgiansand even Americans knew about the plan. The main thing was that the rest of Esperanzafamily names were not against it. It was the optimal solution to the problem, accepted byall the parties, except for Visramians, so they choose to revolt and with the help of Sungalsa civil war starts. The other defensive strategy, opposite to that of Visramians, is theposition by Data Visramian, who lives separately from the Family and does not identifieshimself with them. Therefore his identity is also in crisis. He is Inti player and in love witha wistful woman, what is not acceptable within their circle*. His strategy of life repeats thedefensive strategy of Inti, and when his Family members start the war, he leaves the Islandwith his Catholic Monk friend. This is the only survival for him. Interestingly KonstantineVisramiangives the similar advice to Data, who on the edge of death realizes the dismaloutcomes of his undertaking. It is noteworthy that Data’s position coincides with that ofthe author. The characters runs away from the Island, while the author runs away from thereality and tries to create alternative narrative and identity in imaginary space.**Obviously, contemporary Western culture requires from other cultures that theyfocus on the present time and construct new identities in the context of global and localchanges, where topics and characters, marginalized from the history, re-appear as the actingsubjects of global narratives. The analysis of the texts by Aka Morchiladze shows,thatliterature makes efforts to overcome periphery-associated barriers and integrate itselfwith the Western cultural space. The evidence for that is the search for ways to deconstructtraditional Georgian cultural paradigm and identities given in Georgian literary texts. Itis also clear the search for new national identities in Georgian literary narratives is undertransition and thus represents an unfinished process...

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