Formation and development of the epic style in the Turkic- Tatar religious-Sufi poetry

   The article reveals the formation of the epic style in the Turkic-Tatar Sufi poetry based on the works of A. Yasavi and S. Bakyrgani.

   The relevance of this kind of research is due, firstly, to the little-studied nature of this problem, and secondly, to the need to identify the features of the formation and development of the epic style and its specific features in Turkic-Tatar poetry.

   The object of the study is A. Yasavi and S. Bakyrgani’s poetic texts, in which the peculiarities of the epic style are clearly manifested.

   The scientific novelty is determined by a different approach to the study of Turkic-Tatar religious-Sufi poetry: in the course of this study, we focus on identifying the features of the formation and development of the epic style, as well as its “national” specifics.

   A purposeful analysis of poetic texts, their assessment in content and functional integrity will make it possible to identify new facets both in the works of A. Yasavi and S. Bakyrgani, and in the development of Turkic-Tatar poetry as a whole. Our study found that as early as in Tatar oral folk art, a certain foundation was formed for the formation and development of Sufi literature, and love lyrical poetry glorified divine-earthly love and female beauty. The epic style, as a literary phenomenon, was first outlined in the works of A. Yasavi and S. Bakyrgani. In their works, ethnic motifs are brought to the fore, the humanistic-didactic approach dominates, the main stages and steps on the way to the Almighty are identified, and the religious-Sufi picture of the world is recreated. In the structure of these works, religious and Sufi ideas often converge and seem to be inseparable.

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