Roots of the Russia 19th Century Realism in Plays of M.F.Akhundzade

This research attempts to trace and investigate the both mediated and immediate impacts of Russian realism on plays of Mirza Fathali Akhundzadeh (1812-1878) with regard to the concurrence of these plays’ publication in Caucasus and the primary efforts of Russian realists who had risen under the influence of Vissarion Belinsky (1811-1841) and against “Art for Art’s Sake” thought skull and Russian Slavophilists. The documents of this research has been examined and collected through notions of Belinsky and other Russian realist critics, Akhundzadeh’s epistle under the title of “Maktubat” and his plays which were translated to Persian by Mohammad Djaafar Qarachedaqi. Structurally, this article begins with studying the influences of the ideas of 19th century Russian modernists on Akhundzadeh’s heterodox views and next to analyzing these intellectuals’ most prominent notions, in a comparative procedure, tries to reinvestigate the possible influences of the aforementioned literary current on Akhundzadeh’s votes reflected in his dramatic texts or non-dramatic ones.