Abstract
One of the manifestations of the genre transformation of the modern Kazakh novel is Zeynolla Kabdolov's novel -essay «My Auezov». The article examines the artistic function of portraiture and dialogue in creating the image of the main character of the novel-essay -the great writer of Kazakh literature Mukhtar Auezov.The author's portrait description has its own originality. In the novel-essay, the portrait is depicted, firstly, through the eyes of a student who is passionate, endlessly loving to every word of the great writer, and secondly, the hero himself is constantly changing and recognizing a new aspect in the lecturewhichhe is giving. Dialogue in the use of a talented writer is not a simple word between characters, it is also one of the artistic ways of revealing and individualizing personality. The article analyzes the unique genius appearance of the Kazakh people from the portrait of M. Auezov and his dialogues, giving excerpts from the work.