One of the most important factors of social-political life in Tajikistan for the latest years is a growth of national self-consciousness which serves a guarantor for realization of national interests and cherished desires. Elaboration of the theme of national self-consciousness in the Tajik literature is present in the literary productions belonging to Rudaki, Firdawsi, Sanoi, Gaznavi, Attor, Balkhi, Nizami, Saadi, Djami, Bedil, Akhmad Donish, Sadriddin Aini, A.Lokhuti, A. Fitrat, M. Tursunzade, Dj. Ikrami, Rakhim Djalil, Ali Khush.
But before acquiring independence this theme was under a strict control of communist ideology in Tajikistan.
The author treats the theme in the context of the novel “Firdawsi” by the great Tajik writer Sotim Ulug-zade. The novel calls a reader to the elevated sense of patriotism, national self-consciousness and self-cognition; the theme deserves detailed and thorough consideration in the context of this literary production.
national self-consciousness, growth of self-consciousness, Tajik literature, Sotim Ulug-zade, the novel “Firdawsi”
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