Genre and content features of Mukhtar Auezov’s novel “Abay’s Way”

Abstract

Mukhtar Auezov is one of the great poets of Kazakh literature of the 20th century. The
novel “Abay’s Way” has a special place in writer’s multifaceted creativity. The novel attracts
attention in terms of idea-content and language-style. “Abay’s Way” is an epopee of life that
reflects the life of the Kazakh people and Abay Kunanbayev. In order to study past history and
culture of the Kazakh people Mukhtar Auezov read a lot, got acquainted with the changes occurring
in people's socio-political and cultural life, collected information directly from the public, got the
marks and as a result he wrote the novel “Abay’s Way”.
The article is dedicated to the analysis of the novel “Abay’s Way”. World writer’s thoughts about
the novel “Abay’s Way” and their attitude towards Kazakh literature are also included in the article.
In the article it is noted that the work that is considered the encyclopedia of Kazakh life and the
saga of Kazakhs was successful not only in its content uniqueness, but also of its large volume, the
beauty of thought, the importance of the subject and reality.