DARGIN DRAMA OF THE 1920S-1930S OF THE XX CENTURY. R. NUROV’S DRAMA “VIOLENCE”

Abstract

The article examines the objective conditions that contributed to the emergence and formation of Dagestan, Dargin drama, traces the stages and features of its formation. Developing along the lines of multinational Soviet literature, Dargin drama has gone through a difficult path of development – from one-act plays to artistically full-fledged works. Based on the traditions of native folklore, the experience of Russian classical literature, it has mastered the entire multifaceted complex of actual phenomena of reality, sensitively and promptly reacts to significant events in the life of the people. Before the Great October Revolution, the Dargins, like all other peoples of Dagestan, did not have their own professional art. This is due to conditions of their socio-political and historical life. The talent of R. Nurov made it possible to convey all the realism of that time in the brightest colors. The events of the play “Violence” unfold in a mountain village, living in an ancient way of life. From time immemorial, unwritten laws dictated by the local rich have been in force here. The drama is based on the theme of women’s powerlessness and forced marriage in pre-revolutionary Dagestan. The purpose of the play “Violence” is to show in all its terrifying light the family despotism that dominates in the life of a certain part of society. The title “Violence” could be given to the work for the reason that this word best conveys the events that forever change the fate of many characters.