Traditional sources of the notions «national idea» and «eternal country» in the Kazakh literature.

Abstract

The author considers the notions «national idea» and «eternal country» and their reflection in the works of zhyrau (improvisers, bards) in the Kazakh literature of the Ancient era and the Khanate Age. It analyzes the continuity of traditions, ways of forming the chanting of the national idea. The stand about the community of the national idea and the idea of the eternal country is paid attention. The ancient literary monuments «Kultegin» and «Tonykok» engraved on the stone reflect the peculiarities of the national world outlook, and the folk songs glorify the issues of ethics and morality, the eternal struggle between good and evil. The trends of praising the national idea in the poetry of zhyrau (folk narrators) of the Khanate age are examined and analyzed by comparing. The interconnectedness of the idea of the eternal country («Mangilik el»), proclaimed by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Elbasy N.A. Nazarbayev in his Address, and the literary motifs of chanting the national idea has been researched from the scientific point of view.