SDG 17. THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE

On October 17, 2024,  in Dormitory 17, the  4th year of group 404 majoring in   6B01701 – "Kazakh language and literature" at the Faculty of philology of Al-Farabi KazNU organized a research work on the topic: "Study of literature and folklore". The event was  focused on  writing scientific papers and  developing  research skills of young scientists and was held as a discussion.

The event aimed at  promoting  the fact that the sources of national education are folklore, oral literature, national literature, customs, traditions, traditions, folk customs, oratorical words, proverbs and sayings. The event also showed that  the main manifestations of national spiritual values can be seen through   the works of the thinkers who were  born in our native land. Kazakhs are the  people who know and   revere the word. These are people who perfectly understands its deep meaning.   The words that come from the old and respected  people have become the role model and the helper in educating young generations.

Moreover, the old people always say  sayings, proverbs or speeches that will be of a great significance. Like other types of folklore, proverbs are a folk textbook or  a commandment.

They educate young people and warn them against evil. First of all, they  instill simplicity, orderliness,  love to labour, and courage. Proverbs  praise and promote  honesty, humanity and crtisize  unacceptable behavior  such as dishonesty, neglect, lies-gossip, laziness and  theft.

Proverbs are a folk art. However   each proverb becomes  the property of the people  and turns into  the works of folklore (oral literature).  People often call them  "folk wisdom". In ancient Turkic languages, it is called the "word of the grandfathers", which means a treasure that is passed from grandfather to child.

 Proverbs are a  folklore genre. In this regard, proverbs, firstly, preserve the features of oral folk literature, and secondly, penetrate into modern written literature without any changes in its vernacular form.

 One of the oldest genres of Kazakh folklore, proverbs and sayings are considered  the legacies that give a lot of information about the past life of our ancestors.  People summarize everything  experienced by them  for centuries  in sayings and proverbs and offer their descendants "ninety spoken words."

Proverbs are not only the fruits of an epoch, they are closely connected with the history of the people. We know that proverbs are a precious treasure of the people, which has been passed down from grandfather to child for centuries.

At the end of the event, the students of the group performed folk songs on  the dombra.

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Acting Professor Candidate of Philological Sciences

Sarbasov Bolatkhan Sergazyuly