Abstract
The article tells about the contribution of the Kazakh folklorist, Doctor of Philology Tursynov Yedige Darigulovich in the field of folklore studies, his positions in the study of folklore works. The multifaceted research activity of the outstanding Turkologist is associated with the study of the processes of formation of the history, culture and literature of the Kazakh people through a single concept of the Turkic world as a whole, as well as many ethnic groups living in Central Asia, Southern Siberia and Eastern Europe. The unique knowledge and high spiritual culture of the author give a unique look and scale to any manifestation of his thoughts. The scientist’s work “The Origins of Turkic Folklore. Korkyt" covers the development of folklore in the period from the collapse of the ancient Turkic state to the formation of the Kazakh people. Proving that changes in the field of folklore are associated with changes in the concept of time, it clearly shows that the concept of time is one of the main factors of folk art. The article comprehensively analyzes the scientific concepts of E.Tursinov, who considers folklore as a complex cultural system that defines the worldview of an ethnic group, as well as his views on the relationship between mythological thinking and historical consciousness. The theoretical provisions of the author make it possible to comprehensively study the oral heritage of the Turkic peoples and make a significant contribution to the development of methodological trends in modern folklore studies.