The theme of modernity in the Bashkir dramaturgy of the 1930s

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to reveal features of the Bashkir dramaturgy of the 1930s when Bashkir literature was seeking to solve the problem of a new hero. The comprehensive analysis of the Bashkir dramas was carried out. In analyzing the principles of reflecting reality, researching genre and style features, determining the range of topics and problems, the nature of the conflict of dramatic works of these years, the study revealed a trend of gradual transition of Bashkir drama from diverse musical and ethnographic plays on the historical past to a realistic depiction of modernity, the dramas of characters, the psychological depiction of the spiritual world of heroes. The relevance of the study is due to the growing interest in the multidimensional study of the features of Bashkir literature, in particular, the dramaturgy of the 1930s, when a socio-psychological drama was first created in the works by S. Miftakhov, B. Bikbay, K. Dayan.The musical and ethnographic works by M. Burangulov, Kh. Gabitov, Kh. Ibragimov, S. Mirasov, F. Suleymanov and others dominated the Bashkir drama of the 1920s. Poetics, style, action development were predetermined by the customs and mores of bygone antiquity, inter-clan and family relations. The spirit of renewal that accompanied the development of Bashkir poetry and prose in the 1930s also captured the dramaturgy of those years; the young Bashkir stage literature gradually moved from folklore to professional theatrical art, came close to depicting modernity.