Folklore invariants of “Molla Nasreddin” genres

Abstract

One of the richest sources that written literature is benefiting is the materials of folklore literature. In researching the text of “Molla Nasraddin” genre poetry related directions the majority of them is formulated with the special role of folklore genre elements, which is possible to observe. Thus, the main folklore sources were the foundation of genre poetry of journal: legend, fable, joke, proverbs, lullaby, bayati, qoşma, gerayli and etc. which had been the ways of expression of idea and goal of the journal for benefiting in the poetry. These genres have become stable in verbal national literature. Regardless their form, with the impact of new environment they faced certain changes on their form and content when they enter to written literature. The new changes are not becoming new genre, they are becoming the versions of them in written literature. These forms and structures existing in traditions, when they are applied, they were allowing to easily establish communication with people and to impact moral values and soul of population. Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Mirza Ali Mojuz, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Mirza Alakbar Sabir and others were using these abovementioned methods in their poetry.