Modern Russian writers of Kazakhstan.

On December 14, 2023  Russian Language and Culture Center hosted an online meeting with the researcher, PhD student,  the lecturer of  Dulati University E.S. Shmakova.  She prepared the presentation  on the topic: "Introducing to  the literary  work of modern Russian writers of Kazakhstan" within the framework of  "Digital Humanities" course. Elena Shmakova spoke about Russian writers who have made a significant contribution to the literary heritage of Kazakhstan.  She prepared a presentation on  the modern literature of Kazakhstan: literature in the national language, Russian-language literature.

  She focused on the literary  works by N. Verevochkin, a novelist,  a writer,  a cartoonist, and a  journalist who was the  winner of the literary prizes: "Russian Prize" (2005) and "Yasnaya Polyana" (2007). She also talked about the literary works by Nadezhda Chernova  who is  a Russian Kazakh poet,  a journalist,   a translator,  a literary critic,  a publicist, and the  member of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan. Researcher Elena Shmakova gave  the examples from  "KudykinyGory", "Stepnoy Vavilon" literary works which show  the writer's appeal to the traditions of Russian folklore.  The speaker also mentioned about  the literary works by I. Odegov who  is a modern Kazakhstan’s writer,  the author of  "The Sound with which the Sun Rises" (2003), "Any Love" (2013) books. She said that the author used  postmodern strategies such as  "nonlinear, multilevel, interactive text", etc in his literary works.

 The students of the Faculty of Philology listened with interest to the researcher's speech, asked questions, and exchanged opinions.  They thanked Elena Sergeevna for an interesting conversation about the literary  works  by Russian writers in Kazakhstan and  the literary dialogue that took place at the meeting. The young scientists participating in the meeting made their suggestions: PhD doctoral student A. Akasheva  actively participated  in  the conferences on topics about Russian-speaking writers of Kazakhstan. She  published the articles about  the popularization of modern Kazakhstani writers in the scientific journals.  PhD student G. Makimova also participated  in the  international prestigious national educational programs.

S.B. Begalieva encouraged  the  meeting participants  to participate in annual grants to promote the Russian language (teaching Russian abroad, scientific and methodological activities in the field of Russian language and literature, etc.The meeting was in online and offline form.