The Reflection of Social Life in East Turkestan to Literature: Moustache Adventure / Doğu Türkistan’daki Sosyal Hayatın Edebiyata Yansıması: Bıyık Macerası

Abstract

Story in Modern Uyghur Literature has started to develop at the beginning of the 20th century. The movement of realism gives its place to socialist realism after 1949. Uyghur story telling, which aroused through ironic stories in which dignitaries with no use for the society were criticized, was enclosed to the political limits due to the coup towards the enlightened started by the slogan Struggle Against Local Nationalizm in 1958. No significant work was published in the Culture Revolution taking place between 1966-1976. The pressure was released to some extent based on the development policy of China in 1980s. This added stories that are about historical figures and national values in Uyghur literature. Memtimin Hoshur brought a breathe of fresh air to the Modern Uyghur Litureture with his stories such as Deli (Insane), Bıyık Macerası (Moustache Adventure), Kenarlı Bardak (Glass with Sides), Altın Dişli Köpek (Dog with Golden Tooth), Domuzlara Bayram (Feast for Pigs). The stories of Hoshur voices the current problems, the traces of the Chinese occupation on the social life of Uyghurs in a humorous style. The story entitled Moustache Adventure has a special place in terms of reflecting some typical examples of the social problems happening in East Turkestan, which is isolated from the rest of the World. I used text-based research method in this study. My purpose is to exhibit the importance of Moustache Adventure and create awareness about East Turkestan.

Keywords

• uygur story telling
• moustache adventure
• mentimin hoshur