Karabakh literary environment: tradition and modernism

Abstract

In the article it is discussed on literary-historical traditions and prominent creative figures
of Karabakh, an integral part of Azerbaijan. Researches of Azerbaijani archaeologists and
toponymies related to Karabakh territories in the samples of folk literature prove with facts that
those lands are not a national stamp of Nagorno Karabakh, but of lowland-mountainous Karabakh
in a broad sense. The article also highlights the fact that the great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi's
poem “Praise of Barda” is the most beautiful expression of “All-Karabakh” in broad terms.
Information about Molla Panah Vagif, praising the natural features of the country's geography,
Gasim bey Zakir, one of the main creators of realist-satirical literature of Azerbaijan, Baba bey
Shakir, Khan gizi Khurshidbanu Natavan, well-known in Karabakh for satirical poems, Uzeyir
Hajibeyov, founder of professional music school, Najaf bey Vazirov, Yusif, Vazir Chamanzaminli,
Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev and other notable personalities is widely provided in the article.