The Democratic System of Upbringing and the Defeated Ego of Parents (Based on“The Otaraant widow” by Ilia Chavchavadze)

Abstract

 ‘The Otaraant window by Ilia Chavchavadze is a multifaceted work. Many researchers have paid attention. It is said that Otaraant’s widow is a special mother. Her son, Giorgi is a decent person. We focused on the parenting system, parent’s psychotype and its role in the formation of such a personality.

We conclude that Otaraant’s widow is an authoritative parent, while the parenting system is democratic. For Giorgi, mother is a model of justice, unity of word and deed, selfless kindness. Apparent raises her son in a safe emotional environment of sharing and sympathy. It is significant that the widow’s stoicism is emphasized in the title of the work itself. She is a woman (დედაკაცი), not only a woman. According to Ilia Chavchavadze ‘Dedakatsi’(woman) is a woman with s shield and sword and woman is a ‘Dedakatsi’(woman) without shield and sword. ‘A woman is a butterfly, a ‘Dedakatsi’(woman) is a bee.’

Otaraant’s widow is a generic artistic face of womanhood, that’s why she doesn’t have her own name. We consider the most important confirmation of stoicism’s fragile spiritual structure, the mother’s giving up of Giorgi’s custody. It is not only the ego of the parent, the mother capable of being a victim, that has to be overcome here (‘he leaves me and the little gall doesn’t look back’) Giorgi’s future is also unclear. The widow makes a decision from her son’s point of view. She follows his will with a fervor of her soul and a broken heart.’ Let it be on its own, I won’t stop it, because it doesn’t stop itself.’

There are many studies and the theoretical materials on parenting systems and parents’ psychotype. Obviously, Otaraant’s widow as a model of a parent is not the result of knowledge (as she could not read and write). This is her natural state. Along with the artistic value, Ilia Chavchavadze sculpted Otaraant’s widow- a sword-wielding woman and a perky mother with inner access-with psychological resources.

We also focused on the progressive nature of pedagogical thinking in Georgia, which was conquered by the Russia Empire in the second half of the 19^th century, which was actually ahead of time.

The work of Jacob Gogebashvili, Ilia Chavchavadze, Gabriel Bishop (Kikodze) and their associates.