Sherkhan Murtaza: the Narrative of Intellectual Biography

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of intellectual biography of one of the people’s writer, journalist, public figure and honored worker of culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a native of Zhambyl region (village Talapty) Sherkhan Murtaza. In the article the main stages and earlier unknown subjects from Sh. Murtaza’s intellectual life were marked, peculiarities and creative originality of Sh.Murtaza’s publicism were analyzed, and also influence of these publicistic materials on formation of Kazakhstan’s statehood, on national selfconsciousness of Kazakh people was analyzed. His main ideas and motives of works and the way they correlate with the national culture of Kazakhstan were analyzed, historical, socio-cultural and ethnic contexts influencing on Sh.Murtaza’s creativity were considered. The materials of this article allows us to better understand the contribution of Sherkhan Murtaza to the preservation and dissemination of Kazakh cultural identity. Scientific novelty of the work consists in historical comprehension and interpretation of Sh. Murtaza’s rich heritage in the aspect of interdisciplinary methodology of new biographical history. Application of historical-biographical method in the research allowed to use literary and artistic methods of material presentation, to give the plot of intellectual biography emotionality and to form the author’s position in estimation of personality of Sh. Murtaza.