Kangieva A. Crimean Tatar Sufi literature of XV-XVIII centuries: ethical and philosophical problems

The Dissertation is devoted to the disclosure of moral and ontological principles in the Crimean Tatar Sufi literature. The relationship between artistic mode of language expression, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the theological and moral categories of our expression is unveils. By analyzing the metaphor "approaching God," as well as metaphors related to the heart, for example: the "eye of the heart," a "veil on the heart," the "vision of the heart," and the image, "men of vision," Sufi authors elucidates for the reader the concept of "approaching God." In sufi's understanding, a person's heightened spirituality, (one's proximity to God) is a consequence of one's God-fearing awareness, which determines one's intrinsic value before God, and is revealed by a variety of images and metaphors. The Dissertation draws parallels of Sufi literature with the philosophy of postmodernism. It is concluded that certain philosophical paradigms operate on a different set of characters and evoke in the reader a different range of emotions.