Manifestation of neo-mythology and postmodernism in the national prose of Kazakhstan

Relevance. The study's significance lies in exploring how modern literary movements contribute to national cultural identity through a comparative analysis of postmodern philosophical and aesthetic paradigms. It investigates the effective transmission of both national traits and individual authorial style within a single artistic context. This research is crucial for understanding the interplay between cultural specificity and contemporary literary expression. Purpose. The purpose of this study is a detailed investigation of neo-mythological and postmodern manifestations in Kazakh national prose, the examination of key features in the perception of images, plots, and motivic structure in postmodern discourse. Methodology. The methodological framework included the theoretical analytical-synthetic method, comparative, selective literary, structural analysis, which allowed figuring out the main trends of the Kazakh literary process. Results. This paper contains a study of the key works of Kazakh national prose in the context of postmodernism and neo-mythologism. The features of the reception of ancient, biblical, folklore images and plots were considered and the problems concerning the perception of postmodern text were actualised. The study focused on genre and style diversity, structural and compositional techniques, and neo-mythological nature of literary works. Conclusions. The study formed an idea of the Kazakh literary tradition and aesthetic and artistic paradigm, indicating the importance of intertextuality and verbal play in terms of expanding the base of artistic techniques in the postmodern text. The results of this paper were compared with the results of research by modern English, Chinese, Kazakh, and Ukrainian literary critics. Keywords: literary work; playing with the canon; real and unreal; genre and style specifics; author�s position