View On Love And Marriage In Chinese Kazakh Literature

Attitudes toward love and marriage are important parts of the philosophy of life, which impact love,marriage behavior values, and then affect families furthermore, the whole human society composed byfamily cells as well. Guiding by feminist critical thinking, using the works in Kazakh literature, by theways of literature analysis method and case study method, this paper attempts to make research on both thepositive and negative aspects of love and marriage experiences embodied in Kazakh literature, so as toprovide some reference for the establishment of attitudes on love and marriage which are to be more in linewith the true state of human beings.This thesis is divided into three parts, introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction listed theresearch status of attitudes on human and Kazakh love and marriage home and abroad. Chapter I to ChapterIV of this paper is the body. Chapter I explained the attitudes of love and marriage reflected in Kazakhsociety from cultural point of view, namely attitudes on institutional culture, mental culture and behaviorculture, which are porformed in the institutions of marriage, religious thoughts, marriage customs，distribution of property and marriage ceremonies,etc. Chapter II to Chapter IV analyzed attitudes towardlove and marriage embodied in Kazakh literature from literary point of view. The second chapter is toexpose and criticize unreasonable institutions of marriage reflected in Kazakh literature, exposing arrangedmarriage system, critisizing Khalingmal system, complainting lavirate system and castigating polygamysystem for example. Some marriage systems perhaps were to be in line with social development at that time,but from modern point of view, all of these four institutions of marriage are not acceptable, they causedirreparable mental and physical damages on Kazakh youth, especially on women. The third chapter is thenegation and castigatation on the decadent attitudes of love and marriage embodied in Kazakh literature,mainly reflected on against spending more love on the new, ironying those who always put material desiresfirst and concerning the controdictions in love and marriage. These corrupt attitudes toward love andmarriage are bred out by people themseleves with the development of society. They brought a number ofuncertainties, which make their marriages and families shaky and precarious. The fourth chapter affirmsand praises the act of pursuiting happy love and marriage embodied in Kazakh literature, such as accepttingthe practice of clan exogamy, paying sympathy for those who fled forced by unreasonable marriagesystems, praising women who pursuit love actively, glorifying pure love and mutual love between husbandand wife. These advanced attitudes toward love and marriage in Kazakh society, fully embodies the boldpursuit of happy love and marriage among Kazakh youth, which have been affirmed and praised by peoplefor thousands of years. The last part is the conclusion, emphasizing the establishment of correct attitudes onlove and marriage would be of great importance for the promotion of the harmony of society as a whole.