Abstract

The Epic  ―Manas‖ is widely  common    in the earth of  Kyrgyz  people. Even  among  fraternal  people there  are storytellers the Epic  ―Manas‖.   Consequently  the people  say: Where  there  is   a  Kyrgyz,  there is a ―Manas‖.  The  epic  ―Manas‖  narrated  by  storytellers  of  Pamir  Kyrgyz, is  differ  language feature,  memorization  of  the  epic  content in  oral  form,  monotony in  execution, it  doesn‘t  look  like some plots, motives  and  names  of characters,  as  well  as the  a  fact that  the  legend is  accompanied  by  an  interpretation of  the  plot in  prose.  And  this is  occupies  a special    place. The article  deals   with the  mastery  of  the   storytellers  of  the  epic   ―Manas‖ of  the  Pamir  Kyrgyz, where the  mastery   of  the  storytellers  Zhusup kenzhe is  given as  an  example and  a  small analysis of  variants is  a conducted

 

Keywords

epic ―Manas‖; Zhusup kenzhe; plot, motive

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