{"title":"When archetypes are called up. Motifs of Kazakh folklore in the war drama Batyrs of the Steppe [Batyry stepey]","authors":"A. K. Ishanova, A. Pronin, A. V. Svyatoslavsky","doi":"10.31425/0042-8795-2024-3-75-86","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The article studies the examples of Kazakh mythology lending the archetypes of a victorious giant and the Motherland to the film Batyrs of the Steppe [Batyry stepey], directed by G. Roshal at Alma-Ata’s Central United Film Studio. The plot centres on T. Tokhtarov’s real-life heroic deed that took place in February of 1942, whereas the parallel fairytale plotline tells the story of the batyr Tolygai, who sacrifices himself to save the people.","PeriodicalId":52245,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy Literatury","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Voprosy Literatury","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2024-3-75-86","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The article studies the examples of Kazakh mythology lending the archetypes of a victorious giant and the Motherland to the film Batyrs of the Steppe [Batyry stepey], directed by G. Roshal at Alma-Ata’s Central United Film Studio. The plot centres on T. Tokhtarov’s real-life heroic deed that took place in February of 1942, whereas the parallel fairytale plotline tells the story of the batyr Tolygai, who sacrifices himself to save the people.