ПРОСВЕТИТЕЛЬСКО-РЕАЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕРИОД АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКОЙ ДЕТСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ

Abstract

The article first speaks about the historical period in which children's literature was created in Azerbaijan and the reasons for this development. It is shown that Azerbaijan's children's literature was created in the second half of the 19th century. After die inclusion of North Azerbaijan into die Russian Empire, die findings of die social-political, literary-cultural, pedagogical, European-style school and educational movement as well as the enlightenment-realist thinking can he considered as factors contributing to the formation of national children's literature. Generally, die second half of die 19di century and die beginning of die 20di century are characterized as die period of development and initial development of Azerbaijani children’s literature. There is no unanimous opinion about the history of national children's literature in the Azerbaijani Literature. The history of these different ideas dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and lasted until recently. There are various savings related to this important problem. Such ideas and beliefs were based on ignoring the characteristics of children's literature. Unfortunately, these conclusions have also been found in programs and textbooks related to Azerbaijani children's literature. The article considers the existing judgments and conclusions in the Azerbaijani literary-theoretical view. They express their attitude towards these considerations and opinions. At the same time, a certain historical period in which Azerbaijani children's literature was created. Facts prove that Azerbaijani children's literature was created in 70-80s of the XIX century, as an independent branch of literature. We must accept S. A. Shirvani as his first representative and founder of our children's literature.