Eastern Motives in Kazakh Novels: the Role of the Motive of Love in the Revealing of Historical and Artistic Reality
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This research article examines oriental motifs, including legendary love stories, which are reflected in Kazakh historical novels. The purpose of the study is to analyze fairy tale stories that were creatively used in historical novels and to study their function in revealing artistic reality. To accomplish this task, the use of oriental motifs in depicting the theme of love in the novels of S.Smatayev "Elim-ai", S.Zhunisov "Akan seri" and A.Kekilbayev "Anyzdyn akir" will be comprehensively and deeply analyzed. A comparison will also be made between the image of Shyryn from Nizami's poem "Khusrau and Shyryn" and the image of Guldarayim from S.Smatayev's novel. This research project aims to analyze how motifs and legends from oriental literature are reflected in the works of three writers, with an emphasis on the depiction of the theme of love. The unique approaches and skills of each writer in conveying this theme are considered. To strengthen the theoretical basis of the article, scientific findings of both domestic and foreign scientists that directly relate to the topic of the study were used. Also, during the study, scientific methods such as comparison, analysis, collection and systematization were used to study the influence of oriental literature on Kazakh writers, as well as to identify similarities in their works. The novelty of the study is that it examines how mythological plots associated with the theme of love in oriental literature are adapted and changed in Kazakh novels in accordance with the ideological goals of the writer. The article examines the changes that occur in the process of transferring oriental motifs and nomadic plots from Kazakh folklore to written literature. Kazakh writers used certain eastern plots, adapting them to Kazakh life, customs and national identity, introducing new elements into them.
Source: Ķazaķstan šyġystanuy.
Author: Taldaubek Kadyl
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410450292