COSMODROME AS A ‘GIFT OF MODERNITY’: REPRESENTATION OF THE THEME OF SPACE IN KAZAKH AND KYRGYZ LITERATURE
COSMODROME AS A ‘GIFT OF MODERNITY’: REPRESENTATION OF THE THEME OF SPACE IN KAZAKH AND KYRGYZ LITERATURE
Author(s): Manifa Sarkulova, Roza KhassenovaSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: post-colonial discourse; literature; space; representation; cultural landscape;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the interpretation of space themes in Soviet and post-Soviet literature. The study was done about the works of art by Kazakh and Kyrgyz authors, where the problems of space exploration are raised and where the Baikonur Cosmodrome, located on the territory of Kazakhstan, is represented as a ‘gift of modernity’, a legacy of the Soviet era. Post-colonial literary optics allows to take a fresh look at the works of Chinghiz Aitmatov, Olzhas Suleimenov, Zhuban Moldagaliev and other Central Asian authors.
Journal: TRAMES
- Issue Year: XXVI/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 413-426
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English