Mystical motives in Kazakh stories

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of mystical motives in Kazakh stories. The author, on the basis of comparative historical, hermeneutic, historical and functional principles, explored the features of the use of mystical motifs in small genres of modern Kazakh prose - in stories. The study is based on world and domestic literary samples, their origins, evolution and modern transformation are consistently shown. The bases of irrational knowledge - the systems of mythical, esoteric, religious exploration of the world - are analyzed, the mystical motives related to them are investigated. As a distinctive feature of Kazakh mystical motifs, it was suggested that its origins lie in the rites of Tengrian knowledge and Muslim-Sufi traditions. Mystical motifs in the stories of Kazakh writers of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century were studied, their typology, features, methods were determined.

In addition, the article reveals the general nature and essence of mysticism through the description of mystical lines in Kazakh and foreign works. Considering the connection of mysticism with literature, its artistic activity was determined on the basis of Kazakh stories. The activity of the mystical method was revealed in the stories of Oralkhan Bokey, Mukhtar Magauin, Nurgali Oraz, Koishybek Mubarak, which describe the Kazakh society, human psychology, human destiny. Based on a comparison with foreign works, a peculiar conclusion was made about the similarity of the general idea and the transition of mystical plots.