On B.M. Zirmonsky's Research On The Manas Epic

Manas" epic from the 19th century began to attract the attention of academia, after several generations of scholars, and now has become an independent discipline. Over the past 150 years, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Germany, Britain, and Turkey have emerged many scholars who contributed to the study of the Manas epic. In the case of the former Soviet Union, B M Zhirmuniskiy is an important pioneer in the field of Manas epic research.In this paper, the author of the study of the "Manas" epic Zhirmuniskiy as an inspection point, the introduction and comments on Through the understanding of the knowledge background and academic background of Zhirmuniskiy and the experience of study of the literature and basis its research results, the paper is sufficient from the following aspects Zhirmuniskiy’s academic contribution:"Introduction to Manas" is a book, One of the outstanding contributions of Zhirmuniskiy in the academic history of the study of Turkic epic is the incorporation of "epic singer" as a relatively independent research topic in the comparative study of the history and types of folk literature. On the epic singer to survive the social conditions and the impact of the audience on the singer, the singer in the singing process of the epic content uncompromising attention to detail, delete and simplify, change and reverse the order, the plot to add and omit the role of a detailed description of the affirmative Singer’s position and role in epic development:Zhirmuniskiy use History-Types of Methods research "Manas" epic, generation’s made valuable view that "Manas" epic event is reflected in numerous and complex, which includes both the old Myths and legends, ancient matriarchal society mark. New history events, names of people, characters and thoughts are condensed in the original text, which shows the historical process of the Kirgiz people for more than two thousand years in the process of spreading in the traditional framework, more than once renewing. That "Manas" epic through the composition of the epic unit "convergence" and the formation.The most famous Russian scholar who studied "Manas" epic after World War II, the only academic achievement he wrote about the Kirgiz epic, " Introduction to Manas" has "epic study history plays a fundamental role. For such a master of the scholars, the domestic Zhirmuniskiy he and his "Manas" research results have not started a systematic introduction and research, in this sense, the study has a certain pioneering...