The image of the Great steppe in the aspect of the new comparativity (G. Zelinsky's poem «Kirgiz» and G.D. Grebenschikov's story «Batyrbek`s Khanate»)

Abstract

The article explores the image of the steppe on the material of the literary parallel: the poem of the polish poet G. Zelinsky «Kirgiz» and the story of G. Grebenshchikov «Batyrbek`s Khanate». The named works repeatedly became the subject of scientific observation by polish, russian and domestic researchers. Moreover, the focus was mainly on ethnographic commentary. The originality of the comparison undertaken within the framework of the article — the image of the steppe — but in the testing of a new perspective. Describing the phenomenon of the interaction of the artistic worlds, the authors of the article apply modern comparative approaches, shifting the emphasis from highlighting patterns in creating the image of the steppe to interpreting the origins of this process in the historical and literary perspective. The transition to the methods of comparative imagology allows you to track the formation of the image from its inception and existence up to historical projection on the modern country brand of Kazakhstan as the great steppe country. Imagological methodology authentically conveys the deep sources of parallel historical and literary processes over a long time. Textological illustrations in accordance with the scientific version of the authors prove the mental nature of
the image of the steppe. The result of scientific observations is the conclusion about the productivity of new
comparative approaches in the study of literary analogies.