THE ISSUE OF MODERN KAZAKH POSTMODERNISM AND NEO-MYTHOLOGISM IS IN THE ASPECT OF NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE (BASED ON THE STORIES OF A. KEMELBAYEVA)

Abstract

The article considers the development of the postmodernism in Kazakh, Russian, and French literature. The research is based on M. Epstein’s theory about the formation of the direction of post-Soviet postmodernism. The theoretical basis of the study was considered in the light of the opinions of such researchers as N. Kuchina, S. Sheyanova, Ye. Zinurova, M. Gontar, A. Maulenov, S. Takirov, S. Altybayeva, N.Syzdykbayev, D. Kaliakbar, B. Syzdykova, A. Kairbekova, B. Orazova. The practical significance of the article is determined within the framework of studying the direction of postmodernism in modern Kazakh literature. The means of the direction of postmodernism which have social, philosophical significance, were considered through the phenomenon of intertext. The main means of the phenomenon of intertextuality are the transfer of methods of simulacrum, reminiscence and postmodernism through mythical plots. The stories “Konyrkaz (Grey goose)”, “Tyrnak (Claw)”, “Yesim (Name)”, “Kosmos (Space)” by A. Kemelbayeva, who contributed to the development of postmodernism in Kazakh literature, are analyzed. The techniques of flexible postmodernism dictate the writer's ability to portray society. The paper describes the role as a national code and highlights the ethnographic character while examining issues with folk understanding, national knowledge, and legendary beliefs in the stories of A. Kemelbayeva from the perspective of intertextuality. The author’s use of mythological knowledge in her novels is examined within the context of contemporary postmodern literature and the neomiphologism dilemma. Postmodernism’s foundational concepts of mythical cognition and understanding are portrayed in a nostalgic, retrospective light, taking into account the unique characteristics of the narrative form. The article’s fundamental thesis is that the theory of the hybrid genre in the contemporary narrative system, transformation, is based on the field of neomyphologism.