The influence of the concept of generation on literature and reflection in literature
Keywords:
Karl Mannheim, “The problem of the generation”, generations, William Strauss and Neil Howe, Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Huseyn Javid, Jafar Jabbarli, Bakhtiyar Vahabzade, Mirza Ibrahimov, the work “Big Support”Abstract
One of the current issues in the world of science is classifying people into different generations introduced by sociologists. In the view of Karl Mannheim, social and cultural changes can occur gradually without any need to major historical events, and people born in the current social-public conditions form a new generation with common characteristics under the influence of the public environment [5]. Based on Karl Mannheim’s idea we can say that individual characteristics of masters working in various fields of art and the typical characteristics inherited to them by the generation they belong to influence the creativity of these masters. William Strauss and Neil Howe made the latest generation classification in accordance with today’s science. The classification presented by William Strauss and Neil Howe is as follows: The Lost Generation, The Greatest Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomer Generation, Generation X, Generation Y (Millennials), Generation Z, Generation Alpha, Generation Beta [4, s.1-20]. The first generation we will examine in this classification is the Lost Generation. The representatives of this generation in Azerbaijan have very different, even completely opposite, characteristics compared to the West. The founder of the new world idea in Azerbaijan is the representatives of the Lost Generation; and the representatives of the Greatest Generation are followers of this idea. Representatives of the Greatest Generation include personalities such as Jafar Jabbarli, Mikayil Mushfig, Bakhtiyar Vahabzade and Mirza Ibrahimov. The generational characteristics that manifest themselves in their characters do not fail to impress their creativity. Representatives of the Greatest Generation consists of prominent individuals that lived for great ideals and left their mark on history with their sacrifices, as in the West. We can mention the names of Silent Generation, Baby Boomer Generation, Generation X, Generation Y or Millennials, Generation Z, Generation Alpha and Generation Beta in the classification of generations.
