Individuality of the persona in the poem «The Balcony» by Olzhas Suleimenov and homonymous movie by Kalybek Salykov

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to examine peculiarities of representation of the persona by Olzhas Suleimenov in his autobiographical lyric poem «The Balcony» and interpretation of its plot by makers of the homonymous movie. The author of this article investigates compositional and structural peculiarities of the Suleimenov’s poem drawn up as reminiscence of the persona narrating about events twenty five years ago at the center of Almaty in first person. «The Balcony» is perceived by scholars as a minor lyric genre or lyric essay. From the author’s point of view, the poem presents clear signs of elegy and tolgau philosophic genre, the roots of which go back to Kazakhstan folklore. This very idea is an initial one when analyzing common points in plots of the poem by Olzhas Suleimenov and the movie by Kalybek Salykov. The article describes the problems of implementation of the poem plot, main actions of characters, movie motifs representing the spirit of the generation in the 60s of the 20th century.