THE KARAKALPAK FOLK EPOS “SHARIYAR” AS A MEANS OF THE AESTHETIC UPBRINGING THE FUTURE GENERATION

Abstract

The article deals with one of the most important issues of pedagogical-aesthetic education. The whole content of the article is the confirmation of the fact that the karakalpak national epos of “Shariyar” is considered to be one of the most important means of the aesthetic upbringing of the children of school age. The author finds out the reliable sources asserting the close connection of folk literature with educational and upbringing process, particularly, as the author points out the artistic depictions of natural scenes and the beauty of characters in the epos “Shariyar” motivate adolesents to become worthy to aims of the aesthetic upbringing beginning from earlier schooldays. To theoretically confirm his pedagogical points of views the author reveals the propers senses of scientific and methodical definition of some aesthetic terms presented by some prominent scholars in the branches of pedagogics and literature. All his views are proved by practical examples from above mentioned epos, in various variants. The article basically shows the close connection of aesthetic upbringing with moral, labour physical culture and other types of upbringing. As the areas of bringing up are chosen family, school, social environment. Folk literature, as the author states out, is considered as an integral part for both three areas, otherwise, we can not imaginate the realization of any upbringing form without those areas. So we can confirm that reading the folk epos for primary schoolchildren as listening tasks by their parents or elders in the family or giving the book as present in extracurricular activities by teachers raises pupil’s motivation and encourage them to decorate their way of living aesthetically step by step using the ideas of the epos in their every day advancement.