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indicate the literary image peculiar to the 1960s Azerbaijani generation. Isa Habibbeyli’s reference
to the writers’ individual peculiarities rather than general principles at this point and his
identification of each writer or poet’s place in that process has been important in finding the
objective scientific solution to the problem. Thus, not only individual writers and poets of the period
but also all the realities of the literary process of the period as a whole have been introduced.
In general, conducting scientific-theoretical generalizations, coming to serious outcomes on
the basis of facts, documents, real processes and literary texts is Isa Habibbeyli’s research method.
This point of the issue defines the peculiarity of Isa Habibbeyli’s scientific activities.
The People’s Poet Samad Vurgun’s scientific activity, his merits to the development of the
Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan were first dealt with in a systematic research by Isa Habibbeyli
whose book “Academician Samad Vurghun Vakilov” is of great importance as the first voluminous
book published in this field. The work reveals the unknown pages of the autobiography and
scientific activities of Samad Vurghun as one of the founders of the National Academy of Sciences
of Azerbaijan. Isa Habibbeyli was the first to speak broadly about Academician Samad Vurghun’s
merits as the Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. Besides, the book
has formed an informative and generalized idea about Samad Vurghun’s all-inclusive scientific and
literary-social activities.
Academician Isa Habibbeyli’s article “The School of Samad Vurghun and the Sons of Samad
in Azerbaijani Literature” extensively deals with the wide potentials of the creative use of the
traditions associated with the name of the people’s poet. It is rightly noted in the article that though
autobiographically, of all the people, Yusif Samadoghlu and Vagif Samadoghlu are “closest to
Samad Vurghun, accepting not the rhythm and harmony of this great and inspired art, but its
ideational-philosophical flow in the deepest layers and social spirit, they have turned into new type
of artists by taking quite an original path”. In Isa Habibbeyli’s view, Yusif and Vagif, the sons of
Samad Vurghun started from the point which Samad Vurghun reached in his creative activities, but
could not develop and promote due to the restrictions defined by that period, i.e. from the depth of
life; thus, they signified the developments of life and human beings with a real vision beyond the
ideology.
Academician Isa Habibbeyli presented the poetic peculiarities and resplendence of the
People’s Poet Samad Vurghun’s art in a scientifically substantiated way. Samad Vurghun was
rightly considered one of the outstanding founders of the XX-century Azerbaijani poetry. Isa
Habibbeyli characterized “Samad Vurghun’s efforts to creat the epopoeia of “Azerbaijan” and his
talent to glorify the ideals of patriotism – Azerbaijanism on a high poetic level in literature as the
brightest event of his creative autobiography. The poet’s famous poem “Azerbaijan” was appraised
as the most perfect poetic piece dedicated to our Motherland, our country in the XX-century
Azerbaijani poetry. Isa Habibbeyli characterized the People’s Poet Samad Vurghun as one of the
men of art who created a literary school in Azerbaijani literature and defined the traditions
developing in the light of this unparallelled literary school.
In his album-monograph “The People’s Poet Mammad Araz” (1999) Isa Habibbeyli gave a
profound and fundamental analysis of the poet-compatriot’s creative path. In the researcher’s view,
deep wisdom is expressed in Mammad Araz’ poems dedicated to the glory of Motherland. Isa
Habibbeyli thinks that in Mammad Araz’ poetry a stone is glorified as bravery, reliablity,
steadfastness, a rock as pride, an unattainable peak, favourer and support to one’s Motherland.
According to the scholar in literary studies, the People’s Poet Mammad Araz has further
enriched our poetry in content and form. The monograph defines the artistic traditions associated
with Mammad Araz and presents them in the general spectre of the literary process of the period.
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The idea that Mammad Araz’ drammatic poem “My Father’s Book” is the creative continuation of
the great Jalil Mammadguluzadeh’s work “My Mother’s Book” in a new historical stage is a new
theoretically-substantiated scientific hypothesis.
Isa Habibbeyli’s views about the People’s Poet Nariman Hasanzadeh’s literary works,
especially his dramaturgy are original scientific outcomes. The idea that in Azerbaijani literature
Nariman Hasanzadeh is one of the prominent founders of lyrical-romantic dramaturgy expressed
in verse has been substantiated by Isa Habibbeyli.
Following precisely the further consolidation of the civic stance and national thinking in
Azerbaijani literature as well as the creation processes of liberation literature on the eve of the state
independence and in the new historical epoch, Academician Isa Habibbeyli studied and elucidated
them. In the example of the People’s Poet Sabir Rustamkhanli, he has seen one of the great creators
of the national liberation literature of the new period and generalized his views on the basis of
concrete literary statements. The following designation in his large-scale article titled “The
People’s Poet Sabir Rustamkhanli” is the objective manifestation of the important outcomes drawn
from the scientific observations and studies, “Sabir Rustamkhanli is the outstanding creator of the
civic poetry in the Azerbaijani literature of the new period and austere journalism. Both his literary
creativity and social activities are dedicated to the service of Motherland, independence and nation.
These are not separate fields of Sabir Rustamkhanli’s literary creativity. On the contrary, Sabir
Rustamkhanli’s creative activities consist of the sum, the whole of those factors. In this sense, the
title “the People’s Poet” is also an important literary-social obligation along with being an
honourable name”.
According to Isa Habibbeyli, the national spirit and civic stance in the Azerbaijani literature
of the period of independence are represented through specific literary means in the People’s Poet
Zalimkhan Yagub’s creative activities. He also appraised Kheyraddin Goja as the prominent
representative of the satirical generation in the Azerbaijani literature of the period of independence.
Also, in his book “A Creator in All Aspects” (2014) Isa Habibbeyli comprehensively analysed
Rashad Majid’s all-inclusive creative path and came to the following scientific conclusions, “As a
literary personality Rashad Majid is a perfect and professional Azerbaijani intellect creative in all
aspects who seems different with the sequence of his searches, and the originality and width of his
artistic mind, the wholeness of his views and faith. The active civic-mindedness, clear national
intellection, open and mature creative mind of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia of the period of
independence can be generalized in Rashad Majid’s example”.
Isa Habibbeyli also wrote valuable works about the classics of Azerbaijani literary studies.
He spoke of Firudin Bey Kocharli as the grandfather of Azerbaijani literary studies as a science.
Isa Habibbeyli appraised Academician Mammad Arif Dadashzadeh’s life and all-inclusive
scientific creativity as a model of wisdom and modernity. Isa Habibbeyli considered Academician
Mammad Jafar Jafarov as an outstanding scholar who has established a great scientific school in
Azerbaijani literary studies. In his view, the scientific school associated with the name of Mammad
Jafar Jafarov is “the school of theory of literature and literary criticism”. Isa Habibbeyli is right to
appraise Mammad Jafar Jafarov as the founder of the theory of Azerbaijani romanticism studies.
The characterization of the prominent scholar Abbas Zamanov by the researcher as the great
compatriot scholar of the XX century is the scientifically substantiated outcome. The top scientific
appraisal given by him to the activities of Kamal Talibzadeh in history of literary criticism, of Aziz
Mirahmadov and Kamran Mammadov in literary historicism is also objective. His introduction of
Aziz Sharif as a scholar who has fulfilled “the great mission of literary studies” has been
emphasized in the light of facts and events. Isa Habibbeyli’s statements characterizing