ANTICLERICAL MOTIVES IN ASAN CHERGEEV’S POEM «ADZHY ISLAM MOLLA» (MULLAH ADZHY ISLYAM)

Abstract

The article discusses the anticlerical motives in the creative heritage of Asan Chergeev, the classic of Crimean Tatar literature. Asan Chergeev played a significant role in the ideological-thematic and genre-style development of Crimean Tatar poetry at the turn of the 20th century. Many social problems of that epoch were not only reflected in the poet's reception, but a search for their solution was carried out, as well. In particular, in the poem «Adzhy Islyam Molla» (Mullah Adzhy Islyam), the author raises the question of unscrupulous mullahs who distort the norms of Islam, misleading the religious people. The purpose of our research is to study anticlerical motives in the poem of Asan Chergeev «Adzhy Islyam Molla». The main objectives of the study are to identify the characteristic features of Sharia's false keeper, Mullah Adzhy Islyam, and to determine the author's assessment of his activities. During the research, it was revealed that the main personage of the poem is a collective character. The author demonstrates social vices at the turn of the 20th century by denouncing the mullah’s selfish and vile personality, ridiculing his stupidity and greedy nature.

Keywords

• crimean tatar poetry
• asan chergeev
• awakening period
• anticlerical motives
• крымскотатарская поэзия
• асан чергеев
• период пробуждения
• антиклерикальные мотивы