POETRY OF TURKIC PEOPLE IN KAZAKHSTAN - A BRANCH OF LITERATURE OF KAZAKHSTANI PEOPLE

Abstract

This article describes the poetry of the Turkic people in Kazakhstan, which is a branch of the literature of Kazakhstani people. It also depicts the continued process of ancient national literary trends and intertwining of all-Turkic traditions in the literature of the Turkic people of independent Kazakhstan. It is obvious that all Akhiska Turks, Uzbek, Uyghur and Tatar poets in Kazakhstan continued to develop the creative process in traditional lyrical and epic genres. It is also noted that in the lyrical works of Turkic poetry in Kazakhstan, the civic and patriotic spirit is sung with a predominant character. It outlines the place of birth which is in the souls of people, patriotic moods, lyrical-philosophical, lyrical-foreword singing that has been secretly depicted in the poets' hearts and the traditional folklore and ethnographic views of the poets formed over the centuries, which are poets` basis for the lyrical and epic songs.

The main purpose of the article is to study the development of Akhiska Turks, Uzbek, Uyghur, Tatar poetry among the Turkic people living in the country, to divide them into stages, to identify literary figures, to study them scientifically, to determine their place as a branch of Kazakh literature. The poetry of the Turkic people in modern Kazakhstan is valuable because it reflects the life we serve today and our national identity. It represents the complex changes taking place in our country and in the world, the necessity to be able to correctly assess the news of the new century and also characteristics of the poets of the Turkic people, who are valued in the Kazakh literature. National features of poetry are described.

The study of the topic is based on the methodology of research (content analysis) of domestic policy, literary criticism, cultural studies, diaspora issues. In particular, the following methods were used, they are:  systematic, historical approach, principles of objectivity, historical-comparativeness, historical-typology, theoretical analysis and descriptive.

While writing the article we worked with the republican, regional, city, district cultural centers of Turk, Uzbek, Uighur, Tatar diasporas. As a result of close cooperation with the above-mentioned centers, a lot of information was collected. The works of the poets were used as the main source itself.

The article can be used as an additional textbook on the literature subject of the people of Kazakhstan in higher education.