THE ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE FATHER CONCEPT IN KAZAKH LITERARY PROSE

The image of father in Mukhtar Auezov’s prose reflects traditional underpinnings of Kazakh literature. The main objective of the research article was to examine the cognitive aspects of the father concept in prose works of two Kazakh writers, Mukhtar Auezov and Aigul Kemelbayeva, and identify the content features on the theme of fatherhood in Kazakh literature. Till date, the works of Mukhtar Auezov and Aigul Kemelbayeva have not been analyzed in terms of the theme of fatherhood, although research has been carried out in terms of artistic prose and features of linguistic structure of their prose works. This study employs a qualitative methodology based on literary analysis. The methods include a careful reading of the texts The Path of Abai, Kokkiya and Arkheolog, a thematic analysis of motives related to fatherhood, power, morality and tradition, a linguistic and cultural analysis of the image of the father as a bearer of traditions and moral law, as well as a comparative analysis with Kazakh oral literature, Islamic ethical values and patriarchal images in world literature. The findings of the study comprise the main ideological content of Mukhtar Auezov’s and Aigul Kemelbayeva’s father’s prose, and the understanding the cognitive nature of the concept of father in their works. These findings contribute to understanding the specifics of the concept of fatherhood in Kazakh literature. The scientific conclusions derived from the study serve as the basis for identifying artistic cognitive features in Mukhtar Auezov’s Aigul Kemelbayeva’s prose works fate of an individual.