TRANSCULTURALITY IN COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL KAZAKHSTANI LITERATURE AS A RESULT OF CULTURAL TRANSFER

Abstract

This article explores cultural transfer based on the material of Kazakh Russian-language literature. It is a result of the colonial and postcolonial influence of Russian culture on the culture of Kazakhstan. Based on the periodization of G. Brandt and U. Bitterli, various stages of cultural transfer are analyzed through the works of the Kazakh Russian-language poet Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov. In his poetry, the results of several cultural transfer processes can be observed: cultural penetration, confrontation, and integration. In the poet's work, the confrontation between the donor culture and the recipient culture generates hybrid texts written in Russian but preserving the imagery, poetic traditions, and aesthetics of Kazakh culture. At the stage of integration, the core structures of the recipient culture undergo erosion and, ultimately, destruction. Kanapyanov's works from this period are monocultural, primarily conveying elements of the donor culture.