The religious subjects that have reflections on literature and art and that have influential ımpacts on Azerbaijan national conscience

The history of Azerbaijan can not be analyzed independent from the histories of Oghuzs, Seljuks, Mongols, Arabs, Iranians, Ottomons, Turkey, Czarist Russia, USSR and today’s Russia. Especially the perspectives of the people in the region related to religion and how the conscience of the nation has been affected by the information which have been transferred through literature and art are two crucial topics worth to think on. Religion and religious believes are the facts that form the national and sentimental values and that enable people to take their parts among the other people and that separate them from the other communities and that enable them to bear responsibility among the other people. Religion and believes enable people to express themselves in the cultural arena. Within the scope of the article we will exemplify how these notions have been imposed on people through literature and art by giving concrete exemples from the texts of writers from Azerbaijan. While focusing on the tension between art and religion the activities of the atheist mentality of the USSR will also be considered. Despite the fact that there are several researches related to theatre and literature in Azerbaijan, the number of researches are still limited to provide enough source. As there is no specific research on this topic in Turkey not only a specific period from the Azerbaijan theatre has been choosen. The aim of this study is to provide a ground fror futher dramaturgical studies on the texts that have been used as an example in the article.