NEW OPINIONS OF THE KYRGYZ HISTORICAL NOVELS

Authors : Halit Aşlar

Pages : 113-128

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Publication Date : 2017-01-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :A novel is a long narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story. History meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation" is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. In the former Soviet Union, a large surge of interest in historical novels was after the 1960s. Historical novels in the contemporary Kyrgyz literature developed after this period. “Syngan Kylych” is supposedly the first contemporary Kyrgyz historical novel. After Kyrgyzstan gained its independence in 1991, Kyrgyz writers began to display interest in this literary genre and started to create mainly historical biographies describing figures who had been struggling for independence of the Kyrgyz people in the early history of Turkistan, which was previously abandoned by the Soviet Union policy
Keywords : Novel, Kyrgyz literature, historical novel, history, folklore