About the woman-phenomenon of Azerbaijani literature

Abstract

The article discusses the peculiarities of the poetic style of Mahsati Ganjavi, a famous poetess of the 12th century in Azerbaijani literature. It was during this epoch that masterpieces were created which enriched not only Azerbaijani, but the whole culture of the Middle East.
Mahsati Ganjavi, an outstanding Azerbaijani poetess of the late 11th – early 12th centuries, is a prominent representative of the Azerbaijani and Muslim Renaissance, a representative of the new urban poetry, who glorified in her poems the images of the inhabitants of the quarter of urban artisans, poets, singers and mutribs – Kharabat. Mehseti is the first in everything. She is the first well-known Azerbaijani poetess, the first chess player, the first famous Azerbaijani woman musician and quite possibly the first woman composer. Her biography is surrouded by legends and mystery, and the known facts of her life, as well as her poems, are extremely extravagant, at least in the perception of the Muslim society of that time, certainly, if they are understood directly but not figuratively. The appearing of a female poetess in the 12th century is nothing but one of the manifestations of the Azerbaijani people achievements in the social-political and cultural spheres.