The National Image in the Works of Akseleu Seydimbek

This article examines the prose works of Akseleu Seydimbek. In his works, he talks about his adventures in nature, which he saw with his own eyes, pays special attention to legends and stories about the country and the history of the land, spread by word of mouth among the people, and in his works gives a lot of information about the way of life, traditions and customs of the Kazakh people. Thanks to his artistic works, we can learn in detail about the identity of the Kazakh nation. This article will analyze national identity, the originality of the characters in Akseleu Seydimbek’s works, as well as the writer’s skill in creating a national image. Analyzing the reflection of the Kazakh art of training birds of prey, hunting, falconry and narrative tradition in fiction, the specific features of the use of words characteristic of the Kazakh nation, found in the works of the writer, are considered. The author tries to show the inner world, existence, delving into the psychology of the common man depicted in the stories. The article covers such issues as national worldview, mentality, character, through which conclusions are drawn about the features of literary images in the writer’s prose. Attention is drawn to the ethnopoetic nature of the work, reflecting its national identity. When studying this topic, we were guided by the methods of interpretation, generalization, comparison, and hermeneutic analysis. The opinions of S. Kirabaev, S. Aksunkaruly, S. Kalibekova about the artistic prose of Akseleu Seydimbek are given.