Aziz Gardi's World View of Kurdish Culture and Literature

Abstract

Literature and culture are inseparable twins as they have a strong relationship. They are two sides of the same coin. Any phenomenon that occurs in society affects both the culture and the literature of that nation. Nations in general fight to preserve their national identity and culture because culture is regarded as the most important pillar of identity. The Kurdish nation is one of these ancient nations that have very strong and rich identity and culture. Therefore, a question is raised here which is that: what are the author’s view and opinion about the literature and the culture of his nation? Moreover, is literature from the author’s perspective thought, attention or belief?

 The author has used his beliefs as criteria for evaluating all aspects of Kurdish language and literature, such as poetry, prose, criticism, psychology, culture, advice, translation, genres and myths, etc. He has not left any gap in Kurdish literature, so our aim here is to show the author's attention to Kurdish customs and culture. While European nations have prided in Shakespeare's works and have made them the curriculum in their schools, the works of our author deserve this attention. What is important is that Aziz Grade has tried to have a living cultural element as a nation and about all aspects of Kurdish culture and life. Therefore, he paid attention to class differences by distinguishing the feudalistic class from the poor peasants, and he also shed light on the oppressions performed on the poor class by the feudalistic class. He also depicted the character of Kurdish women in society. He has highlighted the status of women in Islam and has also pointed out the psychological status of women's persecution in different periods of feudalism and civilization. He has made a detailed comparison of the freedom of European women and the seclusion of Kurdish women. During his time, he understood the problems of Kurdish women. Therefore, his works cover all aspects of life, social, political, religious, cultural, social and psychological consciousness as they all create national culture to function as the foundation for the birth of a living literary text, as an example of the author's works.