Kazakh poetry of the early twentieth century in the context of the world poetic tradition

Abstract

The article discusses the problems of development of Kazakh written literature at the beginning of the XXth century and the prospects for the development of Kazakh poetry in the new century. At the beginning of the XXth century, the works of such poets as Akhmet Baitursynov, Mirzhakyp Dulatov, Magzhan Zhumabaev, who continued the traditions of the great Abay, were especially distinguished in Kazakh literature. The main goal of the authors of the article is to identify Kazakh poetry of the early twentieth century in the context of world poetic tradition. Accepting the creative heritage of Baitursynov, M. Dulatov, M. Zhumabaev as unified artistic system, thereby revealing the essence of the concept of Kazakh literature of the early XXth century about the world and man. The article also pays special attention to the definition of the creative features of each poet. In the poetry of M. Zhumabaev, the ability to convey the uneven, complex and contradictory dialectical process of the early twentieth century through a full-fledged artistic image is enriched by a deep analysis of the creative feature, which manifests itself as a form of artistic representation of reality. The fact that the poetry of A. Baitursynov embodies a wide range of characters, covering all social groups of the Kazakh society, the desire to reveal the lives of people and a wide range of socio-philosophical problems of the era, proves that he was a real folk poet. And the main feature of M. Dulatov’s poetic creativity is that the main idea of M. Dulatov’s poems follows from a deep study of the realities of life, his understanding and clear perception of political and social changes.