Legends and Traditions, Customs and Traditions of the Karakalpak People in The Literary Texts of T. Kaipbergenov

Abstract

In this article are considered legends and lore, customs and traditions the Karakalpak people in the text of the novel of the Karakalpak writer Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov “The legend of Maman biy”. In linguistic science in recent time there is growing interest among researchers towards peculiarities of individual literary creativity. Individual style of every writer is tightly knit with his or her worldview, spiritual and creative personality. Each author’s individual style reflects specific characteristics of writer’s personality that serve as the means of realization of artistic ideas and creative design. In legends and lore are expressed the crucial moments in people’s history, strong characters, important events. They were transmitted from generation to generation mainly orally and were memorized by heart. Traditions and customs serve as the foundation for the vision and understanding of the world by people. They united people, helped to preserve their uniqueness, their mentality, as well as assisted their survival in difficult conditions, keeping the people as a whole. In them are contained forms and methods of folk pedagogy, that helped to shape worldviews of young generation. The use of legends and lore, customs and traditions is the style-generating factor in the literary works of the Karakalpak writer Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov.