Chronotope in novels by Mir Jalal

Abstract

In the article novels by Mir Jalal, a prominent writer of the 20^th century is studied in the light of theory of chronotope. According to Michael Bakhtin, idea of any genre is identified by the concept of chronotope (unity of time-place in literary text). Artistic appropriation of real time in a novel is realized by means of chronotope. The comprehensive  analysis of novel chronotope of Mir Jalal in the context of time and place shows that the writer has formed a special “arena poetics” in his novels, and realized his ideas and desires within these limits. The attribute of this poetics – “revolutionary time” allows to understand a great era as a whole and to get to the inner essence of the past century by embracing a specific angle of real time in each of the writer's novels. In Mir Jalal’s novels, the metaphorical meaning of the “arena” chronotope is entirely connected to the existence of Azerbaijan and the landscapes of Azerbaijan.