Iranian Folk Motifs And Religious  Images In Kazakh Literature And Folklore Cover Image

Iranian Folk Motifs And Religious Images In Kazakh Literature And Folklore
Iranian Folk Motifs And Religious Images In Kazakh Literature And Folklore

Author(s): Seit Kaskabasov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: Iranian folklore; Iranian mythology; Indo-Europeans; Zoroastrianism; Theory of Motif; dastan; akin; Kazakh folklore;

Summary/Abstract: The article covers the first issue of Iranian mythological and folklore effect on Kazakh literature and folklore as an integral phenomenon. The interaction nature and forms between Iranian and Kazakh literatures are disclosed in diachronic aspect. There are development parallels made in Iranian and Kazakh mythological systems based on rich actual material. The author used a comparative method based on A.N. Veselovsky’s Theory of Motif to describe each historical stage of Iranian folklore stories effect and the medieval literature in Iranian on Kazakh folklore and literature. The article can be used as a textbook for students of philological departments.

  • Issue Year: VI/2018
  • Issue No: Sup. 1
  • Page Range: 423-432
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English