THE INDEPENDENCE PERIOD POETRY OF AZERBAIJAN AND “KITABI DEDE-GORGUD”

The subject of article has been organized with the poems which published in various magazines and books appealing to the characters and the motifs of “The Book of Dede Gorgud”, by our poets after Azerbaijan gained its independence (1991). The subject is wide, urgent and comphrensive that is why learning of poems that written on this sphere are considered as an important direction. One of the important directions which connect the poetry with folklore in independence period of Azerbaijan is to bring the characters and motifs of the epos “The Book of Dede Gorgud” to the poetry. In this period in the poetic activities of the poets the usage from the epos of Dede Gorgud is seen clearly. Using from the characters and motifs of the Dede Gorgud majority of the poets try to show their connection of poetical thinking style with the folk literature. The poems by master poets such as Shahriyar, Mammad Araz, Bakhtiyar Vahabzade, Sohrab Tahir, Sabir Rustamkhanli, Ramiz Rovshan, Zalimkhan Yagub, Vagif Bayat, Fikret Goja, Musa Yagub and many young poets assume a special importance. The scientific innovations of investigation are to learn the characters and motifs of “The Book of Dede Gorgud” from the modern scientific-theoretical aspect in Azerbaijan independence period poems. This investigation is learnt in Azerbaijan folklore for the first time.