THE FUNCTIONALITY OF SYMBOL AND ARTISTIC MINUTIAE IN AZERBAIJANI POETRY OF THE 1920s-1960s

. This article discusses the relationship between symbols and artistic details in literary texts. Among the various types of artistic details, the function of symbolic details, the transformation of artistic details through various stages into artistic images, their symbolization, and other related matters are analyzed and supported with scientific and theoretical evidence. The use of symbolic details in Azerbaijani poetry of the 1920s-1960s, the symbolic function of details, the stages of symbolization of artistic details, and related issues are examined. While discussing the connection between detail and minutiae, as well as detail and symbol, it is emphasized that artistic detail is fundamental in the creation and understanding of symbols. Furthermore, the article analyzes how a detail selected in the context of psychological and philosophical typification in a literary text is subjected to a specific idea, associatively and symbolically transformed, and the advantages of symbolic details are explained. The new qualities that a detail gains after becoming symbolic are examined and supported with examples.