THE INFLUENCE OF TURKISH LITERARY TRADITIONS ON HUSEYN JAVID’S WORKS

The influence of the Turkish literature on the Azerbaijani literature in the beginning of the 20th century is indisputable. In this aspect, the works of the prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid draws attention. The similarities with the works and thoughts of the significant representatives of the Turkish literature like Namık Kemal, Abdulhak Hamit, Mehmed Akif Ersoy, Tevfik Fikret and Riza Tevfik is observed in Huseyn Javid’s poems and plays. In the Turkish literary criticism, researches about Huseyn Javid increased noticeably in the recent times and these researches largely compared his works and philosophical thoughts with Turkish writers and poets. These studies focused Javid’s works, their topics, and literary features. Observing this kind of features in the works of H. Javid who lived and studied in Turkey for some time is normal, and this matter does not cause his works to lose their originality. Keywords: Azerbaijani literature, Turkish literature, poems, plays