Huseyn Javid and Turkish literature

Abstract

The article studies the penetrating influence of the Turkish literary environment on the creativity of the great Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid. The progressive influence of Istanbul literary and cultural environment on Javid's personality is investigated with reference to the existing materials on Javid's creativity, poet's epistolary heritage, press samples published in Turkey and Azerbaijan in the early years of XX century, and archival documents, and it is proved on the basis of comparisons in which the creative benefit is observed in terms of both content and form.

Detailed information about Turkish writers and philosophers whom the poet got acquainted with and whose works he read while studying at the Department of Literature of Istanbul State University, and pieces he created under their influence is presented in the work as well. It is also justified that Javid not only benefited from the Turkish literature, but, as one of the leading figures in all-turkic literature, also enriched the word art of the Turkic peoples, and was one of the writers directing not only the poetry and stage works created in Turkish, but also the world of literature of Turan peoples.