IRN AP19676441 Literary heritage of the Zhayik-Caspian region and contemporary Kazakh literature

Relevance.

If we say that every region of our vast Motherland - Kazakhstan has its own artistic and literary heritage, then one of the regions steeped in the deep history of Kazakh word art is the Zhaiyk-Caspian region. Literary heritage of this region has been the focus of research in different periods. However, the creativity of individual writers who made a significant contribution to the development of Kazakh literature and left behind valuable spiritual works, and the development of the literature of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region in the modern era remain outside the scope of critical research. In this scientific project an attempt is made to compensate for the above-mentioned problem.

Taking the literary work of poets-writers of Atyrau, Aktobe, West Kazakhstan and Mangistau regions, which are part of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region, into a form of special examination is considered an urgent problem of modern national literary studies.

Рurpose: is to conduct a literary and scientific analysis of the artistic and poetic features of the literary heritage of poets and writers of the Zayik-Caspian region, the genre and style development of modern Kazakh literature.

Project objectives:

1. Conducting thematic and conceptual analysis of the best works of Atyrau poets-writers who have an indelible place in the history of Kazakh literature: “Kairan Naryn” by Nabiden Abutaliev (1928-1997), “Ak erke Zhayik” by Maksut Netaliev (1934-2015), “Inscriptions on the Rock” by Mendekesh Satybaldiev (1937-1973), “The incident that did not happen” by Esenzhol Dombayev (1938-2015), “I am a child of the steppe” by Marat Otaraliyev (1938-1973), Bakytgul Babash’s (1981) “Country of the Sun, which lives forever”, Bakytgul Sarmekova’s “Karager Tai” (1992), Aslanbek Shigyrov’s “Waltz” (1996), and others;
2. Scientific study of works of Aktobe poets-writers who left a rich literary legacy to their readers: “Stepmother” by Iztai Mambetov (1929-1974), “The smell of my steppe” by Sagi Zhienbaev (1934-1994), “The Last Letter” by Tobyk Zharmagambetov (1934-1973), Sabit Baymoldin’s (1942-2000) “Born in the countryside”, “The settlement of Kobylandy” by Ertai Ashikbayev (1956), “Longing for Zhaik” by Gulzhainar Kaldina (1983), “Rose on Friday” by Sagadat Ordasheva (1984), “Mother, don’t let your heart stop” by Ershat Kaiboldin (1993), etc.;
3. Analysing the artistic world of the works of poets-writers from West Kazakhstan: Islam Shugaev (1932-2001) “Sun of Independence”, Uzildik Elubaeva (1953) “My Life in the Village”, Amangali Sarkulov (1956) “Frightened Rooster”, Malik Berdali (1962) “Ainalayin”, “Fighters” by Nurlan Sadir (1971), “Leave Me Alone with a Poem” by Ertai Bimukhanov (1973), “Secret Revealed at twilight” by Jadyra Shamuratova (1979), “Kazakh from the Village” by Asan-Temir Karshigauly (1982), “Kazakh in the last century” by Sylykhan Zhumasalik (1988), “Desperation” by Abylaikhan Maksutov (1995), “Baygetory” by Sherkhan Talap (1993), “Spring idyll” by Aibol Islamgaliev (1993), “Wormwood” by Marlen Gilymkhan (1998), etc.;
4. Defining the artistic power of works of Manghistau poets-writers whose prose and poetry developed simultaneously like the wings of a bird: Bektur Toleugaliyev’s (1940) “The History of Aday Secrets”, Aituar Otegenov’s (1946-2021) “Adyraspan”, Temir Mynjas’s (1952) “Boytumar”, Umit Zhaleke’s ( 1964) “Unknown Coachman”, “Beket Ata” by Rakhat Kosbarmak (1972), “A Secret to the Caspian Sea” by Sultanbek Kudaibergen (1978), “Tears of the Kazakh” by Asylbek Zhanbyrbai (1985), Edilbek Duysen’s “Caspian. Twilight” (1998) and etc.

Expected results:

Within 35 months (2023-2025), established in accordance with the goals and objectives of the Scientific Project, the creative field of 37 (thirty-seven) poets-writers of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region (Atyrau, Aktobe, West Kazakhstan and Mangystau regions) will be mastered and the significance of the materials of the literary region will be determined. The research of regional poet-writers is considered within the framework of the theory and criticism of literature, a study of the creative laboratory of writers is conducted, the results are published in the form of scientific articles.

When studying and examining the work of poets-writers of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region, the main attention is paid to genre-stylistic, ideological-artistic, traditional and innovative studies of their works.

In accordance with the objectives of the Scientific Project, the results of the study of the literary heritage of poets and writers of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region are mainly carried out in two directions:

1. To study the artistic power, poetic features, signs of innovation of the works of writers of the older generation, who made a great contribution to the development of the region's fiction and left a rich literary and spiritual heritage;
2. To study the creative searches of representatives of a new generation of literature in the region after the years of independence or the modern era, to identify signs of innovation introduced into the art of speech by young poets and writers.

In 2023-2025 according to the results of the Scientific Project the following search results will be obtained:

- a collective monographic research work consisting of 2 (two) books entitled “Literary heritage of poets-writers of the Zhayik-Caspian region and contemporary Kazakh literature” will be written;

- An educational anthology consisting of 2 (two) books entitled “Creative world of poets-writers of the Zhayik-Caspian region” selected from selected works will be compiled;

- The results of scientific research conducted within the framework of the project will be published in the form of 1 (one) article in a peer-reviewed scientific publication with a 35 (thirty-five) percentile according to the Social Science Citation Index of the Web of Science database or the CiteScore of the Scopus database;

- The research results will be published in the form of 2 (two) articles in peer-reviewed foreign or domestic publications or 5 (five) articles in peer-reviewed foreign scientific journals and 5 (five) articles in the collections of international, republican conferences.

- The main conclusions of the research work can be used in elective classes held in general secondary schools, in the elective course “Modern Kazakh Literature” in the faculties of philological education at universities.

The results were achieved

The members of the research group worked within the framework of the project in national, republican, academic, regional libraries, book museums, halls of rare books and manuscripts in Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, in the central regional universal scientific libraries of Orenburg of the Russian Federation named after N. A. Nekrasov, named after H. Yamashev and named after N. K. Krupskoy collected the data.

The creative world of poets and writers of four regions of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region (Aktobe, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan region, Mangistau) was studied: Nabiden Abutaliev (1928-1997), Iztai Mambetov (1929-1974), Islam Shugaev (1932-2001) and artistic aspects were determined. The thematic and ideological analysis of the best works of Maksut Netaliev (1934-2015), Sagi  Zhienbaev (1934-1994),  Tobyk Zharmagambetov (1934-1973) is carried out. The works of Mendekesh Satybaldiyev (1937-1973), Marat Otaraliev (1938-1973), Yesenzhol Dombayev (1938-2015) are studied scientifically. The artistic world of the works of Bektur Toleugaliev (1940), Sabit Baymoldin (1942-2000), Aituar Utegenov (1946-2021) was analyzed, and the best works were collected.

A collective monographic study consisting of 2 (two) books "The literary heritage of poets-writers of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region and Kazakh literature in the modern era", the results of which will be published in the future, was built and prepared in labor chapters. Selected works of poets-writers were prepared and sorted by reader's anthology, consisting of 2 (two) books "The creative world of poets-writers of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region", which in the future will see a printed page.

The results of scientific research conducted within the framework of the project are presented for publication in the form of 1 (one) article in a peer-reviewed scientific publication with 35 (thirty-five) percentiles on the Social Science Citation Index of the Web of Science database or CiteScore of the Scopus database.

The search results are published in the form of 1 (one) article in domestic journals and 2 (two) articles in the collections of international conferences presented by the Committee for Control in the Field of education and Science of the MES  of the RK.

Research Group

1. Mutiyev Zinulla Zhaksylykovich – project manager, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor. ORCID: 0000-0003-4121-4171, Scopus Author ID: 57205246447 Email.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2. Beisenova Gulshara Abdibekovna – leading researcher, Candidate of Philological Sciences. ORCID: 0000-0002-4873-4674 Email.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
3. Azhgaliev Marat Kairzhanovich – leading researcher, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. Scopus Author ID: 57192557566 Email.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
4. Akbulatov Aidarbek Akhmetovich – leading researcher, doctor PhD. Scopus Author ID: 57192573035 Email.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
5. Mukhanbetova Zhangulim Utepbergenkyzy – Senior researcher, Master of Pedagogical Sciences. ORCID: 0000-0002-7226-7746 Email.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
6. Yeshniazova Meruet Zhetkerbaevna – Senior researcher, Master of Pedagogical Sciences. Email.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Scientific publications:

1. Mutiyev Z.Zh., Beisenova G.A., Mukhanbetova J.U. Literature of the Zhaiyk-Caspian region: the sphere of genre development (the specifics of the works of the poet-example A.Sarkulov). Bulletin of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Philology series. No.3 (191), 2023. – pp.136-147.
2. Mutiyev Z.Zh., Mukhanbetova Zh.U., Aydyngalieva E.M. Genre, thematic features, artistic interweaving of N.Abutaliev's works. Publisher.agency: Proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference «Interdisciplinary Science Studies». – Dublin, Ireland, 2023. – 114-120 бб.
3. Mutiyev Z.Zh., Azhgaliev M.K., Mukhanbetova J.U. Master of the poetic word (About the work of Mendekesh Satybaldiyev). Innovative approaches in modern science. collection of articles based on the materials of the CLII International scientific and practical conference - No. 20 (152). – M., Publishing house "Internauka", 2023. – 142 p. (pp.129-135) ISSN 2587-8603.