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Rzayev Seyfaddin Gulverdi oglu
Place of birth Azerbaijan, Bilasuvar district, Baydili village 
Date of birth 01.08.1961 
Education Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University 
Scientific degree Doctor of philological sciences 
Title professor
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10.01.03; 10.01.08

Azerbaijani Literature, Literary Theory

The World Model and Its Mythological Structure in Nizami’s Seven Beauties

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5719.01

Folklore Studies

 Mythology of the Oghuz Turks   The structure of the Oghuz myth (semiotic reconstruction based on Oghuz texts)

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350

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14

 

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Basic scientific achievements  
Names of scientific works

1. Islam Aghayev: studies of life and creativity. Baku, “Tural-A” NPM, 2002, 121 p. (In Azerbaijani)

2. Nizami’s poetry: Myth-History context. Baku, “Agridagh”, 2003, 211 p. (In Azerbaijani)

3. Paradigms of the Oghuz myth. Baku, “Sada”, 2004, 199 p. (In Azerbaijani)

4. Memory and personality. Baku, “Sada”, 2004, 130 p. (co-authored with M. Hakimov), (In Azerbaijani)

5. The Oghuz myth and the Oghuzname epic. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2007, 181 p. (In Azerbaijani)

6. The folklorized life of a scholar. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2007, 197 p. (In Azerbaijani)

7. History of Azerbaijani folklore studies and Sednik Pasha Pirsultanli. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2008, 212 p. (In Azerbaijani)

8. Mythology and folklore: theoretical-methodological context. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2008, 188 p. (In Azerbaijani)

9. Oghuz mythology. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2009, 363 p. (In Azerbaijani)

10. Myth and ritual in Abulghazi’s “Oghuzname”. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2013, 172 p. (In Azerbaijani)

11. Modern Azerbaijani folklore studies. In 2 volumes, Volume I. Issues of myth and epic. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2013, 364 p. (In Azerbaijani)

12. Novruz carnival in Mughanly. Tbilisi, “Tbiliselebi”, 2014, 103 p. (In Azerbaijani)

13. The shaman-hero archetype in Azerbaijani epics. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2015, 436 p. (In Azerbaijani)

14. Ustad-name. Nakhchivan, “Nuh”, 2016, 107 p. (co-authored with R. Babayev), (In Azerbaijani)

15. Myth and ritual in Abulghazi’s “Oghuzname”. Baku, “Nurlan”, 2013, 172 p. (E-book), (In Azerbaijani)

16. The transmediative structure and ritual-mythological semantics of the “Kitabi-Turkman lisani” Oghuzname. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2020, 472 p. (In Azerbaijani)

17. Modern Azerbaijani folklore studies. In 2 volumes, Volume II. Issues of the artist, text and environment. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2020, 308 p. (In Azerbaijani)

18. Nizami Ganjavi: ethnogenesis and mythology. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2021, 120 p. (In Azerbaijani)

19. Myth, folklore and Sufism in Nizami’s poem “Seven Beauties”. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2021, 344 p. (In Azerbaijani)

20. Great Azerbaijani Thinker Nizami. Bursa, “Turk Ocakları Association Bursa Branch”, 2022, 197 p. (co-authored with M. Huseynova and E. Guliyev), (In Azerbaijani)

21. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book I. The death-and-rebirth of the hero. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2022, 128 p. (In Azerbaijani)

22. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book II. The first reconstruction attempt of the Alp Aruz version of the epic. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2024, 304 p. (In Azerbaijani)

23. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book III. The journey of the shaman-hero into the world of Chaos. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2025, 176 p. (In Azerbaijani)

24. The “Dede Gorgud” epic. Book IV. Salur Gazan’s killing of Tepegoz. Baku, “Elm ve tehsil”, 2025, 276 p. (In Azerbaijani)

Membership with international and foreign scientific organizations Member of the editorial board of journals on folklore and literature in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan, expert at Dergi Park.
Pedagogical activity Baku Engineering University, Baku Eurasian University, Azerbaijan Teachers’ Institute
Other activities Participation in TV and radio programs
Awards and prizes ‘Tərəqqi’ Medal; Honorary Certificates from the Presidium of ANAS and the Humanities Division of ANAS
Main place of work and its address Institute of Folklore of ANAS, AZ1001, Azerbaijan Republic, Baku city, Icharishahar, Kichik Gala, 8 sidestreet, 31 
Position Head of Department
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E-mail seyfeddin_rzasoy@mail.ru