The Ironic Mode in the Contemporary Azerbaijani Memorial and Autobiographic Prose
In the article the problem of ironic narration is studied on the basis of artistic and documentary works. The ironic mode is being emphasized in modern prose. In such memoirs and autobiographical novels of modern Azerbaijani authors as Scurry by Seyran Sahawat, What Have I Left in Aghdam? by Ali Amirli the writers also refer to the irony. It is noted that this method of narration is especially relevant in the autobiographical prose about childhood, as chronotopos is limited to home, family, and close people. In the novel of Seyran Sahawat, the irony is directed not only at surrounding people, but first of all at himself, while in the novel by Ali Amirli at the boy’s family. In artistic and documentary works irony is necessary to avoid the judgment of others and one’s era, it provides an opportunity to talk about troublesome issues and at the same time to express the love and respect to dear people of one’s age.