Modernism in Kazakh and Japanese Literatures: the experience of comparative analysis

Abstract

The article provides a comparative analysis of the history of the development of the modernist novel in the Kazakh and Japanese literatures. The peculiarity of the development of modernism in both countries was due to the state and a certain stage in the development of their national literatures in the last third of the XIX century, familiarity with Western culture, as well as historical events: the beginning of the modern era, the transformation of the traditional way of life and way of life, the processes of colonization, wars, etc. Thus, the author focuses on the historical context and conditions of the formation of modernist literature in Kazakhstan
and Japan. The significance of this topic is due to the fact that the problem of the development of Kazakh modernist literature, which was artificially interrupted in the 1930s, still remains not fully investigated. In addition, a comparative analysis of the development of modernism in Kazakh and Japanese literatures makes it possible to more clearly see the dependence of the development of the literary process on the political regime, social conditions and censorship.