Functionality of mythical memory in Movlud Suleymanli’s novel «Nomad»

Abstract

Any reality in life is experienced once, an attempt to repeat it is nothing but imitation, and in itself such behavior has an archetypal and sacral function. The category of memory is aimed at restoring reality and, of course, cannot fully accomplish this function. National character has the process of transformation of the problem from any individual to society, nation and its archetype and transformation into sacred memory. The historical situation to a greater or lesser extent affects the functionalization of mythical memory in prose.

As we know, the functionalization of mythological memory in the novel acts as the main plot and compositional element in Movlud Suleymanli’s novel Nomad. Starting from 1970, the mythological content and archetypal layer begins to function in Movlud Suleymanli’s stories and narratives. Movlud Suleymanli, who began his work with short stories and narratives, in 1980 moved to the genre of novel with the work Nomad. The mythological content in the work, which is a reaction to the oblivion of national memory by the Soviet authorities, is multifaceted in terms of the expression of sacred memory.