REFLECTION OF SOCIO-HISTORICAL AND LITERARY-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT IN AZERBAIJANI MEMOIR LITERATURE

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to review the works of Azerbaijani writers who wrote in the memoir genre, to identify and analyze the elements that reflect the socio-historical and literary-cultural environment in the memoirs of each author we study. The basis of the memoirs involved in the article is the reflection of events through memory. Our goal is to present this reflection not as a completely identical reproduction of the past, but as a practical activity and creativity of the memoirist. Discussion. In the works of Azerbaijani memoir writers analyze and identify: – elements of memoiristics reflecting the socio-historical environment; – elements of the literary and cultural environment; – the reflection of events through memory in the analyzed works; – the connection between memory and history in the analyzed works. The methods and methodology of the research. The study used the method of analysis of documentary materials related to the historical methodology, as well as the historical and historical-comparative method. The works of wellknown figures of literature and culture in Azerbaijani, Russian and world literature, as well as travelers and journalistic memuarists: road records, memoirs were taken as a theoretical base and comparative-welcoming method was used in this process. The novelty of the research. The article examines the memoirs of writers living in exile, both in Azerbaijan and abroad, as the texts belonging to the autobiographical and biographical type of fiction, emphasize imagination and subjectivity in the works, containing reality. Conclusions. The article examines the works of Azerbaijani writers in the memoir genre, analyzes the memoirs of each author we study, revealing elements that reflect the socio-historical and literary-cultural environment. In the works we researched in the article, the basis of memoirs is the reflection of events through memory. Analyzing the works of Azerbaijani writers in the memoir genre, we have come to the conclusion that the memories have acquired a new meaning along with the continuation and development of past traditions, enriched by the results of each author’s personal creative initiative. Memoir literature plays an important role in the more accurate and detailed study of the memoirs of Azerbaijani writers, their lives and activities, as well as in the documentary coverage of the socio-historical and literary-cultural situation of the period.