Socio-Cultural Criticism in Abay's Black Words

Abstract

Although Abay's birth as the child of a managerial family provided some advantages, he had a childhood that had the potential to stand out from his peers. Realizing this, his father takes Abay with him at a young age. The first signals that Abay will be an intellectual who can shed light on society in the future are noticed in his childhood years. When Abay reaches the age of education, he receives his first education in the village mullah and in his own home. During his education with the mullahs, Abay learned the languages of different nations with his own efforts and became aware of the works of literary works of different geographies. The foundations of Abay's mentality, who read the works of many nations, began to take shape in this period. Abay Kunanbay, who was also involved in his father's administrative affairs at an early age, had the opportunity to get to know the Kazakhs better. Abay Kunanbay, who grew up in a different atmosphere than his peers in the geography of Kazakhstan, reached maturity at an early age and had different world views. This study aims to examine the socio-cultural situation of the Kazakh people at that time, based on Abay Kunanbay's work called Kara Sözler, in which he wrote almost all the main lines of the Kazakh people.