Imanbaeva Guldana, Kalkabaeva Saluma

THE NOVELTY OF A POET CREATED BY INDEPENDENCE

It is known that the sudden development of high quality and rapid perfection in Kazakh poetry basically began in the early 1960s. We know that there is an explosion during a period of time in poetic development infinity. The phenomenon of the 1960s was a period of time of such an “explosion”.

Poets of that time had a lot to contribute to the literature, created new phenomena. However, after the declaration of independence young poets approached the literature, especially poetic genre differently. People began to long for new and different literature instead of conventional poetry.

First of all, it is necessary to deal with the artistic issue that defines the content of genre peculiarity when the novelty is searched in poetry during the years of independence. Language elements, which provide with content description of poetic works, do not create only new notion but also changes their appearance. Certainly, we notice the genre difference in the development of literary process that surely happens during each period change, epoch phenomenon, and period interchange. «New poetic spirit of the times brings a form and content that match the stream of time. There is no doubt that idea and situation create the content and form but they are embroidered and enriched by language imagery» [1, 60].

«Innovation is always a result of enormous creative activity, it broadens horizons of the art. It is impossible to progress towards the early achievements of the art in creative work without taking as a basis the experience of great artists. That’s why innovation and tradition always get together» [2,156].

We can notice the expansion of innovative horizons in modern lyric poetry not only by the content but also by the form. The volume of a poem broadens due to the different phenomena of the life and is given differently by lyric characters. We may notice the form change of Kazakh poetry in the poems of certain poets. The content and form research and the description of novelty that have their roots in the poems of Abay are still continuing and developing in modern lyric poetry.

A poet or a writer can have a novelty in his creative works when he forms his own style. A novelty is a benefit of research and much knowledge. A creative work that has an innovative characteristic is given in a new way and early things seem different in it. For instance, we may say that there is no single topic of the whole world that was not rhapsodized in Kazakh poetry. However, over a period of time the tendency of giving different contents to one thing in poetry continues, and it lets notice the development and growth of poetry. It is sometimes seen in the creative works of one poet or a group of poets in the poetry of that period of time. Thus, in a period of time that we are dealing with each poet formed his own style and wrote in his own way. However, any poet does not have a style. Style appears as a result of superior ability and talent. Poets sometimes create something incomprehensible trying to form their own styles and consequently it is not considered to be literature. History measures select everything in the end as a result of clear-cut decision and serious thoughts. Thus, a poet ought to bear it in his mind.

According to this we cannot deny the existence of unique direction and stream characteristic of Kazakh lyric poetry. Today is the time of independence. Independence is also established in literature. If we turn the history pages of Kazakh literature up to the present moment, we can clearly notice the connection between certain socio-political events and literature. Certainly, a poet cannot get detached from his environment. When he releases ideas in his mind, he takes into account different phenomena around him. Certainly, it will be a mistake to say that it is like that in all his creative works, but mostly it is.

Modern Kazak lyric poetry is a literary sample that developed Kazakh poetry, showed unique characteristic, and promoted Kazakh literature to a new rank during the years of independence: unique creative works, which develop the tradition, new lyric poetry are widely spread and they meet all the requirements of Kazakh literature, a contest of creating absolutely different poetry between poets in modern Kazakh lyric poetry is strengthening.

Let’s take the poems of two poets that were created by independence in this article as an evidence for our words.

Here is a monologue of Erlan Zhunis “In the bookshop ‘Gulyanda’” where he wrote about his period of time:

Almaty.

September.

Evening.

Bookshop.

«Master, do not look at the clock!»

I understand, he is waited for by his family...

But I do not want to go out.

What feast of soul is being celebrated in the city,

There is no city smell of flowers!...

The scream of smart alecs is over there,

The modest wisdom is over here.

...

There are a lot of old men who are bored

They pull my leg;

“So silly, so stupid –

This boy does not join us [4, 8]

The sample of a poem is different. There are special key tone and musical trend. There is a free style of stanza and rhyme. At first sight it seems to be a sample of an old verse but when it is read it makes sense of something different. It is also clear that there is a big difference in the content. The poet spends time by himself in the bookshop and sometimes he gives a word to these books (classical authors). So he believes that one day there will be his own book among these volumes.

It is seen that this is a new creative work which contains the personal ideas of the poet. We can notice not only the change of content but also the change of form. It begins with nominal sentences, then moves to verse rhymes and makes unique the poet’s ideas. Here the poet used a form method to make the readers pay attention to that moment, time, and place.

Besides this, there is a lot of form research in the poems of the poet. The research in the structure of Erlan’s poems gives a lot of ideas to their readers. For instance, there are lines of the poet called “Diamonds”.

He is

Enamored

In space –

Lord’s meaning:

Is his soul

Far away

Long

Way

You

Feeling

Made cry,

And console.

At critical moments

Made tolerate

Patience –

I.

[4,73]

These lines are unique by different state. Certainly, it may seem incomprehensible to the readers for the first time. This is another topic. In general, research must be so many-sided.

Thus, modern lyric poetry is widely developing during the period of time when Kazakh people declared their independence. There are many poets who have their own specific features and unique in modern lyric poetry. Modern mankind, society, epoch, politics, art, and love have new and unique characteristics in the creative works of poets and their state, form, and content have acquired a big difference.

Nowadays, youth poetry underwent different stages of development and now it has its own distinctive features. The independence poetry came with its own distinctive feature. Poets rhapsodized and understood the epoch image, truth of a period of time, life, and love in their own way and broadened the horizons of Kazakh poetry with the new contents of topic and idea and structural novelty.

The speed of development and new continuous research of modern Kazakh poetry never stops. We may say that nowadays the horizons of readers’ feelings are broadening enough. This is a fair phenomenon that readers keep aloof and criticize the novelty in poetry at the beginning. However, this is true that critics and theorists of literature are glad about such kind of research. Nowadays, the continuation of traditions and novelty in Kazakh poetry are one of the actual topics. It remains as an important issue that needs a great deal of research and study.

Reference books:

1. Erzhanova S.B. On the eve of independence Kazakh poetry. Tutorial . Almaty: Bilim, 2010. – page 320

2. Bazarbaev M. The poem is king of the word. (Olen sozdin patshasi, soz sarasi) Almaty, 1973. – page 256

3. Duisenbaev M. Literature content and unity of form. Almaty, 1962. – page 176

4. Zhunis E. The prayer of the holy nights. Astana, 2011. – page 157

5. Elgezek A. Quiet conversation of shadows. Poems. Astana: Folio, 2009.- page 120

6. Asemkulov T. The aesthetic taste of shame. Evening Almaty, May 11, 2011