SOCIAL-REALISM IN THE AZERBAIJANI AND TURKISH NOVELS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Abstract

In the 1920s and 1940s, the socialist realism (trend) flow in both Turkish and Azerbaijani literature shows itself in certain degree. Class struggle, conflict between opposing forces, such as master-peasant, intellectual-ignorant-superstition, has become the main topic of the Turkish and Azerbaijani novels. In both literatures, the subject of village was at the forefront. It is no coincidence that “Homeland Literature” has gained special popularity in Turkish literature in this period. The life, love, joy, sorrow, troubles and pains of ordinary peasants have become the main topic of literature. The story of the urban man, not the peasant, his or her life, feelings and thoughts came to the center of the novel, not the destiny of townsman. However, for a long time, the place in the Turkish novels was chosen only as Istanbul, and the fate of the people of Istanbul was mentioned. In the article, the Turkish and Azerbaijani novels from 1920 to 1930will be comparatively explored and parallels will be emphasized.