Constsntа “grandfather” in Russian and Kazakh literature
The relevance of the study of the constant "grandfather" in literary studies is explained. The choice of biographical and comparative-historical research methods is indicated and motivated. The article presents the results of explaining the term "constants", the so-called stable cultural forms present in the poetics of the artistic style of writers and poets. An attempt is made to compare literary constants as cultural dominants. Cultural dominants, the constant "grandfather" in the artistic texts of Russian and Kazakh prose function in the sphere of artistic speech thinking of the hero and the characters in contact with the main character. The content of the constant "grandfather" is closely related to the peculiarities of the worldview of the main character and other characters; with the processes taking place in their minds. A comparative study of the literary constants of the traditional Russian and Kazakh consciousness on the perception of the image of the grandfather is carried out, an attempt is made to describe the results obtained. The author proves the idea that the constant as an artistic concept "grandfather" has unchangeable and variable parts, which are displayed in the works of modern Russian and Kazakh prose, where the individual author's understanding of the essence of the image of the grandfather is also shown. The concept of "literary constants" is used based on the features of fixing the most important and significant results of artistic and aesthetic understanding of reality.