FERHAT ILYAS AND GUÑGA POETRY

Abstract

Having a long history, the Modern Uighur Literature had a very activeperiod at the beginnings of the 20th century. Renovation movementsand political events of the era had an important role in the formation of literature. These alterations stood out in poetry continuing its existenceunder the influence of the classical literature until the beginnings of thecentury. During 1980s, a new poetic style named as "Yéñiçe poetry" or"Guñga poetry" was started to be seen in the Modern Uighur poetry.The Yéñiçe poetry movement spreading among young poets led to variousdiscussions. At the beginning, such kind of poems were named as"Tutuq poem", "Tépişmaqliq poem", "Guñga poem", and "Symbolistpoem". "However, "Guñga poem" was used more frequently. This understandingof poetry based on ambiguity has differentiated the wordframework of the poems. Grammatical changes are also seen in "Guñga"poems. According to the poets writing "Guñga poem", poetry is anart of language. For this reason, making changes freely is among therequirements of poetry. As generally considered, the "Guñga Poem"shows similarities with symbolic and surrealistic poems. Beginningwith Ahmetcan Osman, this poetry movement is carried on with FerhatIlyas and Vahitcan Osman.