The Problem of the Lyrical Hero and Psychologism in Modern Kazakh Poetry (Based on the poems of Kalkaman Sarin and Akberen Elgezek)

Contemporary Kazakh lyric poetry is closely linked to social change, spiritual quests, and the inner experiences of the human mind. Poets have increasingly strived for a profound and truthful expression of the soul, feelings, and inner psychological state. This underscores the relevance of psychologism in Kazakh poetry. In contemporary literary studies, issues such as the nature of the lyrical self, internal monologue, and the struggle between feelings and consciousness are widely explored and require new theoretical analysis. This article examines the manifestation of psychologism in contemporary Kazakh poetry and the problem of the lyrical hero in poetry from a scientific perspective. A comparative analysis of the works of foreign and domestic scholars devoted to the lyrical hero is conducted, and conclusions are drawn based on these studies. The image of the lyrical hero in poetry enriches artistic reality and allows literature to create new experiments. The main focus of our article is the theme of psychologism, which helps reveal the author's inner thoughts, feelings, experiences, and secret insights. This study explores the themes of psychological depth and development of the lyrical hero, the poet's mental anguish, loneliness, hope, and fear. The article examines and explores poems by prominent contemporary Kazakh poets, including Kalkaman Sarin and Akberen Elgezek, that focus on spring. Given that spring-themed poems not only explore natural phenomena, we sought to determine the interplay between the poet's psychologism and the image of nature, as well as the process by which nature manifests itself in the work. In this research article, we analyzed the findings of K. Zhumaliyev, Z. Kabdolov, Z. Akhmetov, R. Nurgali, and T. Shapay regarding the nature of poetry and lyricism, drawing attention to the insights of international psychoanalytic scholars, from S. Freud to A. Adler, on the psychological process. Drawing on the findings of our researchers and scholars of Russian literary criticism, we attempted to uncover and formulate the topic of our article.