Sociocultural Aspect of Functioning of Toponymic Legends in Central Kazakhstan (Expeditions Materials 2012, 2017)

Zhamankozova A.T. Tusupbekova M.Z. Kazhikenova N.K.
2023 Tsentr Nauchnykh i Obrazovatelnykh Proektov

Nauchnyi Dialog
2023 #12 Issue 3 234 - 247 pp.

The article is devoted to the problem of exist-ence and analysis of the current state of legends and toponymic legends of Central Ka-zakhstan. The material was the texts recorded by the authors on expeditions to the Kara-ganda region in 2012 and 2017. The current state of the folklore of Central Kazakhstan is marked by the functioning of certain genres: legends, wedding poetry, proverbs, toponymic legends. The main layer of the functioning of folklore samples falls on legends and to-ponymic legends. It is concluded that the Kazakh legends are characterized by a specific informative function. The main plot-forming component is the character, around which all the material is united, the plots themselves, as a rule, are single-motive, do not contain fantastic elements and are designed as a nar-ration about the recent past. The paper notes that toponymic legends explain the names of localities and are associated, as a rule, with the names of famous people. The specificity of the names is the use of speaking names or similarity with natural phenomena. The authors argue that the active functioning of folklore samples indicates a favorable folklore situation and the prospects for further research on the sociocultural aspect of Kazakh non-fairytale prose.

good folklore situation , Kazakhstan , legends , toponymic legends

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Department of Russian Philology, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Kazakh Russian Philology, A. K. Kussayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, Astana, Kazakhstan

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