Mythologism of Modern Kazakhstani Prose: Lexico-Semantic Aspect

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The research attempts to determine the nature of mythologism in modern prose of Kazakhstan, to explain the use of myths in the novels by Abdizhamil Nurpeisov, A. Zhaksylykov and N. Verevochkin, which are representatives of the spiritual and intellectual stream in the modern literary process. The subject of the authors’ research is the multifunctionality of myth, its semantics and structure-forming function in the works of Kazakhstani prose writers of the late XXth - early XXI centuries. In the first part of the article, the main attention is paid to the mythopoetics of A. Nurpeisov’s dilogy “Last Duty”, the interpretation of mythologeme and the meaning of the actions of the protagonist, which we consider as a mythological hero. The second part is devoted to the analysis of the mythological plot of Aslan Zhaksylykov’s novel “Singing Stones”, the interpretation of the symbolism of the sacred stone Yin-Yang. The next section deals with the novel of Nikolai Verevochkin, which we treat as a myth-novel.

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Ruslan U. Shanayev

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZNU)

Author for correspondence.
Email: rus.shanaeff@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4723-7980

Senior Lecturer, the Department of Russian Philology and World Literature

71, Al-Farabi av., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, 050040

Bayan U. Joldasbekova

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZNU)

Email: baiyan_zh@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1217-4799

Doctor in Philology, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Dean of the Faculty of Philology

71, Al-Farabi av., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, 050040

Inkar T. Kakilbayeva

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZNU)

Email: inkar.kakil@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0122-2433

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, the Department of Russian Philology and World Literature

71, Al-Farabi av., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, 050040

Alexander G. Kovalenko

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Email: kovalenko-ag@rudn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6747-285X

Doctor in Philology, Professor, the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, Philological Faculty

6, Miklukho-Maklay st., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198

Zhadyra A. Bayanbayeva

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZNU)

Email: bayanbaevazhadra@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1710-0791

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philology for Research and Innovation and International Cooperation

71, Al-Farabi av., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, 050040

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