The dramaturgy of Suleyman Sani Akhundov

Abstract

Suleyman Sani Akhundov started his professional creativity in the drama genre, if we take no notice his first experiences with the pen. The main motif in his dramaturgy consists of two main lines. The first was an indicator and criticism of ignorance, stupidity, lack of knowledge; the second was a reflection of the tragedy of generations, “fathers and sons” facing each other in the struggle of two different ideologies, different formations, the past and the present, the new and the old. The author in his works such as “Dibdat bey” (1906) and “Turkish Unity” (1906), “From Darkness to Light” ( 1921), “Falcon’s Nest” (1921), “The Devil” (1922), “Molla Nasreddin in Baku” (1921), “Love and Revenge” (1922), “New life” (1923), “Shahsenem and Gulperi” (1921), “Wheel of Fortune” (1921), “Two Ways” (1922), “The Result of the Love” (1922) and “The Club of the Honest Ones” (1923) fought against ignorance and stupidity and dealt with the problems of his period and his contemporaries’ perspective on science, education and development.
Keywords: S.S.Akhundov, dramaturgy, dram genre, play, enlightened realism