Genesis of Kazakh Oral Poetry: Structure, Types, Functions (Based on Zhyrau Material of the XV-XVIII Centuries)

Résumé

The article explores a unique type of order which involves the secrets of the creative and poetic life of the "language-creating people" known as the Kazakh zhyrau. The study uses the Parry-Lord theory of oral tradition and provides a systematic analysis of the Kazakh zhyrau's oral speech genre from its origin, communicative nature, artistic and definitive system, formulaic stylistics, and grammar during the XV-XVIII centuries. The main objective of the study is to understand the evolution and artistic specificity of the zhyrau poetic art during this period and its formulaic grammar, from its ancient suggestive forms to the widely developed common places in the national and world epic tradition. The research method involves considering the journalistic genre varieties and features of the poetic art of Turkic-speaking peoples in connection with their historical and genetic past and with the initial foundations of suggestion, magic, myth, rite, and ritual. The study emphasizes the importance of the initial foundations of traditional oral texts, as all art forms, including poetry, are connected with them. A new approach to the study of communicative culture, folklore, and epic poetry is needed, and the oral tradition approach of Parry-Lord is currently a productive approach for this purpose.