Cognitive-receptive psychology of mythical elements in teaching the interpretation of modern Kazakh storie

This article discusses the role of cognitive-receptive psychology in teaching the interpretation of mythical elements in modern Kazakh stories. The purpose of this study is to reveal the psychological foundations of the analysis and understanding of mythical elements in modern Kazakh stories (M. Malik “Headless Bory”, K. Tumenbay “The Voice of the dog”, A. Altai “Killer Saus”, A. Mantay “Grave flower”, E. Nurakhmet “Marriage”, N. Kabday “Saitan”) through a cognitive – receptive approach and develop an effective teaching methodology. The study is based on an integrative cognitive-receptive approach that combines the methods of cognitive poetics (analysis of frames, concepts, schemes) and receptive aesthetics (reader perception). In the process of teaching modern Kazakh stories shown in the course of the study, it is proposed to interpret the considered mythical elements (archetypes, symbols, mythologems) through the mechanisms of perception (perception) and understanding (cognition) of the reader’s consciousness. As a result of the study, the typology of mythical elements in modern Kazakh prose (zoomorphic archetypes, Earth-su mythologems, reconstructed plots) was systematized. The psychological mechanism underlying the reader’s perception of them – the cognitive dissonance between traditional cultural schemes and the author’s reproduction of them-is revealed. A practical learning methodology was proposed, consisting of stages (activation of the mythical pretexts, identification of cognitive dissonance, construction of interpretive hypotheses, reflection).

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