THE ROLE OF SAMPLES OF ORAL AND WRITTEN LITERATURE OF THE TURKIC PEOPLES IN THE RAPPROCHEMENT OF CULTURES OF THE EAST AND THE WEST

Abstract

The works of Mahmud Kashgari, Yusuf Balasaguni, Ahmed Yugnaki, and Ahmed Yassawi, which appeared in the era of the Karakhanid state, are considered the first pearls of Islamic culture in the Turkic world. Examples from oral folk art, as well as from written monuments used in these works, themes, plot construction, as well as formed literary traditions in creating images were widely used in subsequent centuries by great poets, representatives of Turkic literature. The main purpose of this study is to select among them those who could represent a certain folk literature, and, accordingly, the literary era. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that on the basis of the works of oral and written literature, the formed literary traditions are determined, which played a huge role in the rapprochement of the cultures of the East and the West. Of course, in considering these problems, the main attention will be paid to the traditions of Oriental literature, to the development of which the written monuments that appeared in various eras in the territories of Central Asia, once part of the Karakhanid state, have made an invaluable contribution. To achieve this goal, the issues of mutual influence and interrelation of oral and written literature (themes, plots, motifs, images, genres), the main stages of the formation and development of poetic forms, traditions in Turkic literature are c onsidered. In solving the tasks set by comparative analysis, the works of Turkic and Iranian-speaking authors are considered, and to a certain extent the works of Western authors are also involved. The results of this work can contribute to further in-depth research of the literature of the Turkic peoples, as well as its use in pedagogical practice.