SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION AND JADID LITERATURE IN TURKESTAN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE XXTH CENTURY

Abstract

This article deals with the significance of jadid literature and social, political situation in Turkistan in the beginning of the XXth century. The main focus will be on the importance of jadid representatives. Furthermore, it highlights the ideas of enlightenment, its development in Central Asia. People of opinion, who want to eliminate social injustice and change unjust regimes, believed that in order to change the poor state of the nation and the difficult way of life, it is necessary to give education to the people first. It was understood that nothing can be achieved without awakening the nation from ignorance and creating a desire for development in the spirit of the people. The word "Jadid" means "new" in Arabic and means a person who strives for development. Just as the enlightened people turned literature into a tool to fight against ignorance, modernists also turned fiction into a tool to save the people from ignorance and colonial oppression. The founders of the Jadid movement considered literature and theater to be the main means of awakening people's consciousness