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UDC 821.161.1+821.512.162
DOI 10.20339/PhS.3-26.071
Kasimova Maya M.,
Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor
Baku Slavic University (Baku, Azerbaijan)
e-mail: kasimova.majya@yandex.ru
Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita” and Yuri Samedoglu’s “The Day of Execution” were written in different periods, yet both are significant works of 20th-century literature. They occupy a special place in the literary process of both the 1930s and the 1960s. Interest in them continues to be aroused not only by readers, but also by researchers of fiction, which is explained by the depth of the issues raised in both novels and the reflection of the peculiar view of Russian and Azerbaijani writers on the leading socio-political conflicts of that time in the context of the literary and educational movement of society. When discussing the commonalities in the approaches that link the prose of M. Bulgakov and Yu. Samedoglu to one of the major trends in literary exploration in world literature, it should be emphasized that their prose was distinguished by its national distinctiveness and the preservation of the nation’s cultural character. It should be noted that these novels are characterized by the intertwining of two planes of reality in the narrative — the real and the fantastic. Despite the extreme remoteness of the events described, they were created during the heyday of the artistic talent of the writers, vividly expressing their main ideas, aspirations, as well as their thoughts, which began in the early period of creativity. Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita” can be safely considered a unique human document about time and its people, in which the issues are closely intertwined with various concepts of the historical development of society, the influence of which the writer saw in his contemporary Proletkult and RAPP theories. The conventional narrative plan, which is present in M. Bulgakov’s novel in the form of the “diaboliad”, is widely used through the image of Woland and his entourage, while in the novel Yu. Samedogly’s myth in one of the parts of the novel is layered through a fantastic layer of existence on real-reliable events closely related to historical ones. By the nature of the narrative, the novel “The Day of Execution” can be attributed to a post-realistic novel, which is confirmed by the presence of a mythologically fantastic and at the same time real-everyday narrative plan. Both “The Master and Margarita” and “The Day of Execution” clearly show a tendency towards great socio-philosophical generalizations with an inexhaustible search for truth and an organic rejection of lies, falsehood and hypocrisy, which reached the point of satirical denunciations, expressed in the manner of narration, style, style, and truly modern way of thinking of Bulgakov and Yu. Samadogly, as well as in an aesthetically honest attitude to life. It is important to realize that the fantastic in these works serves only as an additional background: the Russian and Azerbaijani writers are mainly interested in the real events that took place at that time in the two societies jointly. This indicates the relevance of the chosen topic of the article.
Keywords: novel, the interweaving of the real and the fantastic, Russian literature, Azerbaijani literature, story line
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