The creative writings of Abay Kunanbayev in the Tatar literary reception

© 2017. The article discusses comprehension of the Tatar literary reception of the creative writings of the great Kazakh poet Abay Kunanbayev. Such aspects of foreign reception as translation of Abay's works into the Tatar language, the forewords in those published books, the presentations of Tatar researchers at the international conferences, and the monograph of the Tatar literary critic have been explored. All these receptive materials include the analysis of the creative writings of the Kazakh poet over the past few decades. Among the recipients there is the poet Sibgat Hakim, the scientist IldusTarkhanov, the literary scholars Flun Mussin and Khatip Minnegulov. The attention is paid to the formation and development of the concept "reception" in foreign literary criticism

Sławomir Mrożek at the Tatar stage: The metamorphoses of Polish stage

In this article we analyzed the stage interpretation of Sławomir Mrożek's play on the scene of Tatar theatre. The performance of "Shashkan babay" ("The mad grandfather") play was staged on the 10th of February, 2016 by Karim Tinchurin drama and comedy theatre in Kazan. It was the first staging of Sławomir Mrożek's in Tatar language. In this article we generalize the history of Sławomir Mrożek's plays production waves in Russia. The specifics of Polish text interpretation by producer Rashid Zagidullin was outlined. We proved that "Shashkan babay" play production continues the best tradition of Russian and Polish theatres

Norms and values characteristics of students in a foreign cultural environment

The article presents empirical research data of cultural norms and values. Students of Kazan federal university took part in the research. The aim of the research was to reveal comparative data about cultural indexes (norms and values) of foreign students for whom Russia is a foreign cultural context. To achieve the purposes there were used methods known in social sciences: S. Schwarz and G. Triandis methods. Comparative data were received for students from China and Turkic speaking countries in comparison with Russian students presenting the culture of the host stay country. The results of study allow to state that learning in a foreign culture environment save differences of norms and values. It speaks for acculturization in a students' environment along the lines of integration when each group keeps and saves its own culture and at the same time tends to maintain contacts with the representatives of different culture. The factor analysis revealed tendencies concerning norms adopted in cultures of considered groups. Norms in contrast to values distinguish one group from another. Comparison of cultural values exposed that along with existing differences there are common value estimations. Thus, all three different ethno-cultural student groups ranking showed that safety is a dominant value. On the whole, the research found out that acculturization during the period of study in a foreign culture environment keeps differences of norms and values to a greater extent. © IDOSI Publications, 2013

The ideological and artistic originality in the dramatization of the story "on friday night" (1972-1979) by Gilyazova A. M., made by A. Zaripov

The subject of research was the problem of dramatization the prose of the Tatar writer A. M. Gilyazov. The story "On Friday night" and the script of the homonymous TV drama by A. Zaripov were used as the material. The focus of attention was the imaginative and stylistic transformation of a text in the process of adapting the prose to functioning in new conditions. Methodological basis of research are works on the history and theory of dramatization of literary works. Descriptive-comparative method is used in this study. Methods of generalization and systematization of theoretical information are combined with the methods of language analysis (lexical-semantic, syntactic), and semiotic analysis. The article proves that the basis for the creative interpretation of the story became its ideological and artistic originality. Comparative analysis of the original and the script showed that the literary work has been subjected to substantial transformations that have emasculated its potential. At the same time, the Director A. Zaripov made the neoplasms, different from the author's intentions which were aimed to strengthen the dramatic conflict. In the analysis of the performance the potential of scenography and music was revealed. Dramatic action was analyzed in lingua-semantics aspect. The paper provides the observations about the performance of the actors. The analysis showed that the work of A. Zaripova is not characterized with integrity and completeness

The role of prayer discourse for karaganda concentration camp image creation in the works of Tatar writer Ayaz Gilyazov and the Kazakh poet Halim Zhaylybay

The article provides the comparative analysis of the novel-reminiscence by Tatar writer Ajaz Giljazov "Let's pray!" with the poem "The Black Headscarf" by Galim Zhajlybaev. The role of prayer discourse is determined to reveal the theme of Gulag. The analysis is conditioned by the whole complex of content elements from the texts of various genres - their themes, problems, conflict and an ideological sense. In the course of the comparison, not only similar features were found in the development of KARLAG (Karaganda labor camp) topic, but also the differences, which are conditioned by the specifics of the author's consciousness and the architectonics of the semantic and value horizons corresponding to two national literatures. Proceeding from the religious nature of the prayer genre, writers orient their artistic texts to a sacred word. Genre self-consciousness determines the speech characteristics of a literary prayer. A. Giljazov focuses on the canon of the Muslim Doga (a prayer) canon and the Koranic tradition, G. Zhajlybaev focuses on the requiem supported by the Turkic Syktaw (crying). Works are turned into a textprayer for the sake of future generations, so that the horrors of the Stalin camp will not happen again

Татарские слободы Казани и Астрахани во второй половине XVIII — начале XX в.: культура и развитие

The article deals with the history of formation and development of cultural landscapes of the two largest urban Tatar communities of pre-revolutionary Russia, namely of Kazan and Astrakhan. Both Astrakhan and Kazan are two centers of the Turkic–Tatar world, the history of which traces back to the Golden Horde. The both were the capitals of independent Tatar states- khanates and the both became in the middle of the XVI century the part of the Russian state. In the second half of the XVIII — early XX centuries, Tatar Muslim communities were formed in the both cities, which have had their own cultural and national identity. The Muslim population sought to preserve and develop their ethno- confessional identity. All these circumstances shaped a special cultural landscape of the Tatar settlement within the borders of the provincial Russian cities in the Modern age.В статье рассматривается история формирования и развития культурных ландшафтов двух самых крупных городских татарских общин дореволюционной России — казанской и астраханской. И Астрахань, и Казань — это два центра тюрко- татарского мира, городская цивилизация в которых развивалась еще в период Золотой Орды, ставших после ее распада столицами самостоятельных татарских государств- ханств и оказавшихся в середине XVI в. в составе Российского государства. Татарское население Астрахани и Казани в российский период стало неотъемлемой составной частью городского социума. Во второй половине XVIII — начале ХХ в. в обоих городах образовались татарско- мусульманские общины, которые располагались на обособленной территории, имели свое культурно- национальное своеобразие и население, стремившееся сохранять и развивать свою этноконфессиональную идентичность. Все эти обстоятельства сформировали особый культурный ландшафт татарской слободы в границах губернских российских городов в период Нового времени

The role and place of women in the creative work of Naki Isanbet

The article presents an attempt to conduct a systematical study of the typology of female images in the works of Naki Isanbet, the Tatar scholar-encyclopedist, folklorist, critic, and classic of Tatar literature (1899–1992). Published and unpublished sources were used as the research material. Fiction, journalistic, and scientific texts of N. Isanbet have been analysed using the method of semantic analysis, historical and cultural, comparative methods. The author proves that the ideal of a woman of the Enlightenment epoch, i.e. the “mother of the nation”, dominates in the legacy of the scholar who was the classic of the Tatar literature as well. The images of a devoted spouse, a wise mother, a “mother of the nation” can be encountered in his works. The writer defends the ideas of equality of women and men, women’s active participation in public life, etc. in his works of fiction written in various genres throughout the twentieth century. The poetics of female images depends on the requirements of the genre. When developing the images, the writer relies on the traditions of the Tatar folklore and oriental poetry. In his creative legacy, the encyclopedic scholar immortalised dozens of names of the female contemporaries who made a significant contribution to the history of the Tatar people – teachers, actresses, writers, translators, public figures, etc

The creative writings of Abay Kunanbayev in the Tatar literary reception

© 2017. The article discusses comprehension of the Tatar literary reception of the creative writings of the great Kazakh poet Abay Kunanbayev. Such aspects of foreign reception as translation of Abay's works into the Tatar language, the forewords in those published books, the presentations of Tatar researchers at the international conferences, and the monograph of the Tatar literary critic have been explored. All these receptive materials include the analysis of the creative writings of the Kazakh poet over the past few decades. Among the recipients there is the poet Sibgat Hakim, the scientist IldusTarkhanov, the literary scholars Flun Mussin and Khatip Minnegulov. The attention is paid to the formation and development of the concept "reception" in foreign literary criticism

Norms and values characteristics of students in a foreign cultural environment

The article presents empirical research data of cultural norms and values. Students of Kazan federal university took part in the research. The aim of the research was to reveal comparative data about cultural indexes (norms and values) of foreign students for whom Russia is a foreign cultural context. To achieve the purposes there were used methods known in social sciences: S. Schwarz and G. Triandis methods. Comparative data were received for students from China and Turkic speaking countries in comparison with Russian students presenting the culture of the host stay country. The results of study allow to state that learning in a foreign culture environment save differences of norms and values. It speaks for acculturization in a students' environment along the lines of integration when each group keeps and saves its own culture and at the same time tends to maintain contacts with the representatives of different culture. The factor analysis revealed tendencies concerning norms adopted in cultures of considered groups. Norms in contrast to values distinguish one group from another. Comparison of cultural values exposed that along with existing differences there are common value estimations. Thus, all three different ethno-cultural student groups ranking showed that safety is a dominant value. On the whole, the research found out that acculturization during the period of study in a foreign culture environment keeps differences of norms and values to a greater extent. © IDOSI Publications, 2013