A life dedicated to science (on the 90th anniversary of R. Ganieva, Professor of Kazan University)

Abstract

   The article studies the scientific activity of R. Ganieva and her contributions to the development of Tatar and Turkic literary studies: the creation of a new scientific trend and the formation of a scientific school. The research asserts that her scientific activity was conducted in several directions: the study of Tukay’s creative work against the background of Russian and Turkic literature; the return of the literary and artistic heritage of Tatar writers unknown to the modern reader; research on the history of Tatar literature aimed at reconstructing the continuum space that determines the specifics of the artistic consciousness of national culture; the comparative study of the history of formation and the development of Tatar literary thought with oriental and Turkic literatures. Her works study the development patterns of Tatar literature in the context of Muslim philosophy, Renaissance humanism and the civilization of the East. The article proves that R. Ganieva made a huge contribution to the research into the history of Tatar literature, deepening our views on the development of literary thought among Tatars in general. The analysis of R. Ganieva’s scientific heritage and the evaluation of her works in the modern literary paradigm will make it possible to identify new facets not only in her scientific activity, but also in the development of Tatar literary studies of the second half of the 20^th – early 21^st centuries.