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Çağdaş Tuva Yazılı Edebiyatının Gelişimi
The Development of Contemporary Written Tuvan Literature

Author(s): Zhazira Otyzbay
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Comparative Study of Literature, Turkish Literature, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: literature; Tuva; Tuvan literature; Tuvan Turkish; Siberia;

Summary/Abstract: Folk literature and folklore products have been pioneered by emergence of contemporary Tuvan literature. The first written Tuva monuments were made in the Mongolian language with the influence of Mongolian writing. The literature in the new period was created in the second half of the 1920s and is related to the cultural revolution of Tuva People’s Republic. In 1930, the first Tuva language books were published in Latin alphabet. The period between 1930 and 1940 is considered to be the period when literary art first emerged in the new socialist Tuva. The literary works published in this period are mainly the books of the leading works of Russian classical literature including translations to Tuva language and the propaganda of Soviet ideology. The works written in this period form the basis of Contemporary Tuva literature.

  • Issue Year: 25/2019
  • Issue No: 99
  • Page Range: 567-576
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish