FOLKLORISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN DZHUBATKAN MURATBAEV'S HISTORICAL NOVEL DIGIRIQ
This qualitative study examines how folklorism functions in Dzhubatkan Muratbaev's historical novel Digiriq. Rather than attempting an exhaustive inventory of every folklore element in the novel, the study analyzes two representative passages: Sasik biy's appeal for political unity and the embedded legend of Korkyt Ata...