Homeland – firm pedestal of the idea of «Mangilik El»

Abstract

The article studies the artistic reflection of the national idea and the
concept «Mangilik El» in works of the outstanding representative of the
literary trend Zar Zaman – Murat Monkeuly (the end of XIX century – be
ginning of the XX century) in the history of the Kazakh literature. It deeply
investigates the traditions, glorification of the national idea and ways of
involvement in the idea of the «Mangilik El». The main attention is paid to
generalizing characteristics of National idea and the idea «Mangilik El». In
article there has been revealed notions of love for Homeland, meaning of
artistic representation of the spirit of freedom, which were eternal dream
of the nation in such poems-tolgaus of the poet Murat Monkeuly as «Ush
Kiyan», «Saryarka», «Karasai Kazy» where there is an artistic description of
life. The article compares the process of the chanting the national idea and
its identity in the poetry of Zar Zaman poets and Murat Monkeuly. There
it is given the full analysis of presence and fusion of national ideas with
the idea of the «Mangilik El» in Murat’s poems, which continues the tradi
tion of glorification of the fighter’s spirit in works of zhyraus (narrators) as
Asankaigy, Kaztugan, Dospambet and Aktamberdy.