Abstract

Modernism is the mind-set that keeps pace with social change with an innovative perspective by taking advantage of the developments in science, culture and politics since the 17th century. The modern clings to the new and contemporary. Modernism is also known as literature and art movement. Modern literary genres address issues such as human loneliness, troubles, dead ends, reality, consciousness and subconscious in the axis of ‘national, freedom, human subject and social
events’.

Modern literature rejects traditional structure and expression and tries to adapt the new style to the understanding of the day. In modern literary works, there are the conflicts of the value of the society, the crises of the people, the sophisticated mood, the rebellion to the established values and a realistic and allegorical expression.

Modern literature, which has been effective in Western literature from the 17th century, has been active in Turkish literature from the second half of the 19th century. In Zaza literature, which gave written literature products for a variety of reasons at a late time, the modern effect has been seen since the 1980s. This effect became evident in the 1990s and reached a framework that could be called Modern Zaza literature after the 2000s.

In modern Zaza literature, over 40 years, all kinds of modern literature have been written. Among these genres, examples of poetry, stories and novels are more and more apparent. These species emerge in the shadow of many problems such as mother tongue, ideology, regional conditions, and literacy by Zaza.

This study deals with modern Zaza literature within the framework of determinations and general evaluations about genres such as poetry, story and novel. The study also emphasises the development process, effect and content of each genre in Zaza literature.