ABAI IS THE READER OF THE SEMEY LIBRARY(ON THE QUESTION OF THE POET’S READING SPHERE)
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Abai Kunanbayev, world literature, library, reading circle, translations.Abstract
This work examines issues that are significant for the study of Abai's literary heritage - the influence of world classics on the formation of his personality as a poet, his visit to the Semipalatinsk city library opened in 1883 and his friendship with Russian exiles, the circle of reading that played a huge role in the further development of the artist's worldview.
The author of the article pays close attention to the consideration of the nature of the poet's relationship with political exiles, issues of bilateral spiritual exchange, and issues of Abai's interest in translation activities.
The article also talks about the undoubted influence of literary masterpieces of Eastern, Russian and Western European literature on the formation and further improvement of the poet's aesthetic tastes and his desire to introduce his students and compatriots to the works of masters of world culture, which is especially noticeable in the analysis of the texts of the poet's own works of art, the novel "The Path of Abai" by M.O. Auezov, as well as memoir sources.
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