Abay Studies Alash

This article is the first to examine Abay studies, starting from the period of the repressed Alash to the period of independence. The first studies of Abay returned to the scientific circulation only in 1988. These highly professional literary works for the first time laid the theoretical foundations of scientific research of creativity of Abay Kunanbayev. These are articles by A. bukeikhan, A. Baitursynov, M. Dulatov, Zh. Aymautuly, M. Zhumabay, M. Auezov, S. Toraigyrov, M. Zh. Kopey, R. Marsekov, I. Zhansugurov, K. Zhubanov. These articles are the first to substantiate the theoretical foundations of scientific Abay studies. Only during the period of independence was the true picture of the formation of Abay studies restored. In the works of A. Bukeikhan, a list of books read by Abai was compiled for the first time, Abai's poetic skill was highly appreciated, and it is emphasized that the poet's poems about the seasons are on a par with similar examples of world classical poetry. In the article of the leading Kazakh poet A. Baitursynov, the theoretical discourse of the poetic world of Abay is first substantiated. Abayeved analytically identified the narrative and discursive features of the poetic word Abay, focused on the image of eternal universal values. Thus, the universal value of the national code reflected in the Abai texts has been established. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that Abay studies of the Alash period is the main stage of formation and development of scientific Abay studies, so it determines the current development of this scientific branch at the present time.