The description of nature in travelogues: the case of works by Karakalpak writers

The subject of the research is the travelogue genre in Karakalpak literature. The article analyzes the works of the travelogue genre of certain Karakalpak writers, who were abroad in different years. The material used is the poetic collections by a national poet of Karakalpakstan, theHero of Uzbekistan Ibrayim Yusupov “The nights of far Malaysia” and “The Caucasus”, as well as the travel notes of the Karakalpak writer and scholar Kamal Mambetov “The travel”, which includes several sections, such as “A journey to India”, “Hello, Sri Lanka”, “The coasts of the Black Sea of Caucasus”, “On the native Nogay land” and “Turkestan, the homeland of ancestors”. The research also considers the travel diaries of Karakalpak writer Gulaysha Esemuratova “American impressions”; Zubayda Ishmanova’s “Travelling around Europe”; the travel notes of Karakalpak scholar Tajen Izimbetov ”Travelling to five countries by ocean” and Karakalpak poet Maten Seytniyazov’s “Travelling to seven countries”. In particular, it is noted that the description of nature and place plays a significant role in literary travelogues along with the way motif. In this work, the author emphasizes the writer’s position and subjectivity in travelogues on conveying unknown information to readers. At the same time, in literary travelogues, the way motif takes a central place as a way that people cognize themselves, understand better their country, people and spiritual roots. The relevance and novelty of the research stem from insufficient studies of the travelogue genre in Karakalpak literature and the author’s attempt to study the issue. The author considers the motif of wandering of the hero in comparison with the motif of return.

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