Garaeva, A., Khabutdinova, M. The genre of maktub in the works by Radif Gatash and Chulpan Zarif
https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2026-84-2-152-159
Abstract
The article explores the history of the maktub genre development in the works by Tatar poets Radif Gatash (Radif Kashfulovich Gataullin) and Chulpan Zarif (Chulpan Zaripova-Chetin). The creative dialogue between them has been ongoing for three decades. The study is based on the manuscript collections of poems written by the poets in 1990-1995, the best of which have been published. The aim of the study is to explore the unique features of the poetic messages at the initial stage of the dialogue. The article proves that R. Gatash’s maktubs represent a reconstruction of the genre archetype. By reviving the objective “memory” of the genre at a new stage of the historical and cultural development, these poets have made a huge contribution to the enrichment of this genre in Tatar poetry. Ch. Zarif refers to this genre less often than her mentor. The poets adhere to the canons of Eastern poetry: Their addressee is the beloved one, the text contains the poet’s plea for love, complaints about the coldness on the part of the chosen one, etc. In a number of R. Gatash’s poems, the epigraph (unison, reminiscence) performs a dialogical function. At times, a two-voiced dialogue turns into a single-voiced one where the monologue is structured under the sign of drama.
About the Authors
A. N. Garaeva
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Garaeva Aiziryak Nailovna, graduate student
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
M. M. Khabutdinova
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Khabutdinova Mileusha Mukhametsyanovna, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher at the Research Center for Strategic Research in the Field of Native Languages and Cultures
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
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Garaeva A.N., Khabutdinova M.M. Garaeva, A., Khabutdinova, M. The genre of maktub in the works by Radif Gatash and Chulpan Zarif. Philology and Culture. 2026;(2):152-159. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2026-84-2-152-159
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