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Article name Actual Content of Dagestan Pre-Revolutionary Literature (Based on Manay Alibekov’s Poetry)
Authors Guseynov M.A. Doctor of Philology, Leading Researcher, malik60@list.ru
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Section ORIENTAL STUDIES. HISTORY
UDK 821.3
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Annotation The literary heritage of Kumyk pre-revolutionary poet Manay Alibekov (1861–1920), which has not been properly studied, is examined in the article. His collection of works was published for the first and only time in 1925. Afterwards separate works were published in readers, anthologies; his poetry hasn’t been translated into Russian. The main trends, problems, poetics of M. Alibekov’s work are described in this article. Nowadays, topicality of his poetry is determined by sharp criticism of officialdom wallowed in bribery and corruption, representatives of the clergy worrying only about their own interests, that is organically interpolated in the modern reality. Besides, Manay Alibekov defended the humanitarian, democratic values by his poetry. In particular the poet hoped in elected bodies of power which started to function in Russia at the beginning of the past century, enthusiastically spoke about the Russian State Duma. It is these aspects of his creative work and positive perception of the State Duma elected in the tsarist period that were a reason of skeptical relations to his heritage in the soviet period. In fact, M. Alibekov’s poetry in whole turned out to be deleted from literary process for a long period of time. It was described by Dagestan literary critics with limitations, in reduced format. This article appeals to demonstrate the value of M. Alibekov’s poetry which is popular among contemporary readers.
Key words Dagestan pre-revolutionary literature, literary heritage and the present.
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