"Topical problems and prospects for Kazakh Folklore development"

On February 9, 2023, the Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature of the Philological Faculty of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held a round table on the topic: "Topical problems and prospects for Kazakh Folklore development", dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the famous scholar, folklorist, candidate of philological sciences, police Colonel, Sovetkhan Tleubaev. A prominent public figure and statesman, poet-playwright N.M. Orazalin, the director of Abai Research Institute, Doctor of Philological Sciences, professor Zh. Dadebaev, Head of M. Esbolatov Almaty Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police colonel A. Saitbekov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, professor of Al-Farabi KazNU, Z. Seitzhanov, the akim of Enbekshikazakh district, A. Dosymbayev, chief researcher of M.O. Auezov Institute, Doctor of Philological Sciences, associate professor, G. Orda and other scholars and public figures visited the given event. Kazakh folklore current state and the features and the tendencies of its development were discussed during the round table discussion. The round-table discussion participants emphasized the role of oral folk art works in the historical-cultural process of the beginning of the XXI century in the personality formation. The participants’ reports discussed Kazakh folklore ideological-thematic content and genre diversity. The problem of literature and oral folk art continuity was also touched upon.