Vol. 40 (2019)
Issues of Literary Theory

The Unknown Manual of the Theory of Literature

Published 2020-10-20

Keywords

  • The Theory of Literature,
  • Konstantine Gagua

How to Cite

Bregadze, L. (2020). The Unknown Manual of the Theory of Literature. Literary Researches, 40, 205–212. Retrieved from https://literaryresearches.litinstituti.ge/index.php/literaryresearches/article/view/3901

Abstract

I have bought this book – “The Theory of Literature”, from a street vendor of book manuals for schoolteachers. Its author is Konstantine Gagua, published in 1936, it contains 86 handwritten pages, with a foreword from the author and contents, it is printed with lithography technique, number of printed books 600 pieces. It is neither registered in any bibliographical reference book, nor it is mentioned in any catalogue of the national library or of any other known libraries.

In this article we describe the relation of this book with other similar works, we also determine its place among other manuals of the theory of literature.