On the historical and present special literary relations between Belarus and Kazakhstan

Abstract

Belarus in the XXI century demonstrates a careful and respectful attitude to national literature and culture. The international literary symposium «Writer and Time», which is being held for the seventh year in Minsk during the Minsk International Book Fair, is a platform for exchanging views on topical literary, general civilization issues and is aimed at preserving the spiritual and moral foundations of the development of society and the state. Ethnocultural identity is revealed in the literatures of Belarus and Kazakhstan and the way out into world literature is determined. 

      The methodology of the article is based on a philological analysis of a literary text in translation. The results of this study are aimed at expanding and deepening the dialogue between the masters of the artistic word of Belarus and Kazakhstan, intensifying literary cooperation, identifying and promoting the most artistically significant works of the two countries. This is undoubtedly facilitated by the functioning of the Internet portal «Consonance: Literature and Journalism of the Commonwealth Countries» (sozvuchie.zviazda.by) based on the publishing house «Zvyazda», which posts new materials about the national literatures of the CIS countries. In the series «Consonance of Hearts» by the publishing house «Zvyazda» a collection of works by Belarusian and Kazakh writers «Knowing No Bounds» has been published, the concept of memory and the modern era are reflected in the published literary texts.

       Key words: post-Soviet space, literary translation, criticism, almanac, literary collaboration