SATIRE IN THE WORK OF ETIM EMIN

Abstract

The article examines peculiarities of the disclosure of a female theme in the work of the classic of Dagestan poetry Etim Emin. The researcher’s attention is focused on identification of the standard Emin’s image of a woman, built mainly on the basis of centuries-old traditional norms and rules of behavior. When analyzing the poet’s poems, special attention is paid to the use of various stylistic figures (anaphora, antithesis, hyperbole, etc.), as well as rhythm and rhyme. The poet’s satirical poems are not only accusatory in nature, but also have educational significance, are a kind of instruction, edification, which, according to the poet, serves to correct morals. Being a carrier of progressive ideas, the poet struggles with the vicious phenomena of society and always opposes this or that, which and whom he denounces.