Azərbaycan miLLİ elmlər akademiyasi folklor institutu

SEYFADDİN RZASOY

ABOUT NIZAMI GANJAVIS NATIONAL

AND LITERARY BELONGING

SUMMARY

In the article it is analyzed the theoretical and methodological sides of national and literary belonging of the XII century poet Nizami. The world famous poet Nizami lived and created in Ganja city of Azerbaijan. It is clearly reflected in his literary activities. In spite of all these historical and biographical facts, problem about national belonging of the poet has been on the agenda, in the eve of 870 annual of Nizami in Russia and Iran. Another basic argument in their hand except unscientific and lying facts is that Nizami has written all poems in the Persian language.

According to the author of given article, in this question it is necessary to distinguish a national and literary belonging from each other. Poets writing in the persian language shows his belonging to persian literature. It is necessary to consider this fact, that in the twelfth century not only the Persian poets, but also poets from many other eastern countries, including the Azerbaijan poets have written in the persian language. Just owing to this persian poets works giant East literature has been created.

Playing exclusively large role in development of east literature Nizami is the azerbaijan-turkic poet not only according to his natio­nality, but also ethnic-cultural thinking. Being Turkic was the realized model of ethnic self-expression. Proceeding from these positions he is not only the poet of Azerbaijan and East literature, but also he is Per­sian literature poet. Bringing his modern universal and humanistic ideas to the Iranian literature, poet has simultaneously released it from narrow national (antiarabian, antiturkic and antiislam) ideas of Fir­dovsi.

Key words: Nizami, literature, folklore, Azerbaijan literature, Persian literature East literature, being turkic