YENİ TARİHSELCİLİK BAĞLAMINDA “GİORGİ SAAKADZE: BÜYÜK SAVAŞÇI” YI OKUMAK
READING THE “GİORGİ SAAKADZE: THE GREAT WARRIOR” IN THE CONTEXT OF NEW HISTORICISM

Summary/Abstract: In the 1980s; under the leadership of Stephen Greenblatt; a new perspective was brought to literary studies and history was re-evaluated with an approach other than traditional understandings. This new approach; known as new historicism; is closely related to history and literature. Unlike previous historical theories which think that a literary text reflects the period in which it was written; the new historicism emphasizes how much a literary text is affected by the historical conditions in which it was produced. At the same time; this theory takes into account the social atmosphere of that period and the psychological state of the author. In short; unlike the methods of criticism that evaluate the texts by isolating them from the culture and geography they belong to; the discourse also took into account the social; cultural; political and literary atmosphere in which the texts were formed. Literature in New Historicism is a proof that can be a source of history. New Historicism has basically emerged as a reaction to traditional historical understandings that emphasized the importance of literary works and ignored the non-literary. We see that the New Historicism offers rich examples in terms of perspective. While the new Historicalist critic aims to reveal the contradictions set up by the historian; on the other hand; he reveals an understanding of history that is against traditional history-centered interpretation in the evaluation of the work in question. In this study; New Historicism; which has an important place in literary studies; will be explained through the work "Giorgi Saakadze: The Great Warrior" in terms of the view whether he is a traitor or patriot. The author of the book; translated into Turkish by İbrahim Goradze; draws attention to the fact that the book may be historical fiction; while highlighting history with all its nakedness. In this context; the book provides an opportunity to re-examine the Georgian commander from today's perspective.

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