The Fantasy Genre and Mythopoetic Aspects in Children’s Literature: Based on Foreign and Kazakh Literature
Orazbek M. Issina B.K. Bugenova L. Tleulessova A.S. Amangazykyzy M. Seidullayeva G.A.
March 2025Bilingual Publishing Group
Forum for Linguistic Studies
2025#7Issue 3496 - 508 pp.
The fantasy genre in children’s literature is a distinct subgenre in literature aimed at children, transporting young readers to a world of imagination. A primary characteristic of the fantasy genre is its depiction of worlds and events that are beyond reality while maintaining a logical structure. Originating in Greek philosophy as φαντασία (imagination), today’s concept of imagination possesses various meanings and fulfills different functions. The article explains the concepts of fantasy, magic, and second worlds through literary dictionaries and the theoretical frameworks of philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, as well as reviews of both foreign and Kazakh researchers’ works. The poetic peculiarities of fairy tales and stories in children’s fantasy literature, both foreign and Kazakh, are analyzed with examples regarding characters and artistic systems. The article also considers anthropocentrism in children’s literature, a phenomenon common to all fantastical works. We identified the distinct features of anthropocentric phenomena in fantasy literature, often portrayed through the figure of a woman possessing magical and mystical powers, characterized by their mastery of magic. This phenomenon’s representation methods in both Kazakh and English literature are examined. Research methods such as hermeneutical, comparative, and comparative-historical analysis were employed. Copyright
Children’s Literature , Fantasy Genre , Imagination-Fantasy , Mythical Cognition , Mythopoetics , National Values , Psychoanalytical Analysis
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Department of Kazakh Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Chemistry and Biology, Karaganda, 100024, Kazakhstan
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, International Educational Corporation Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Almaty, 050009, Kazakhstan
Department of Kazakh and Russian Languages, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University, Astana, 010011, Kazakhstan
Department of Kazakh Language and Literature, A.K. Kussayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, Astana, 010009, Kazakhstan
Department of Kazakh Linguistics
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Chemistry and Biology
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department of Kazakh and Russian Languages
Department of Kazakh Language and Literature
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