Аннотация
Annotation.The article deals with the state of study of Kazakh lyrics in literary criticism.The importance of literary criticism in the formation and development of national lyrics as a genre is highlighted.The actual problems of Kazakh literary criticism, the process of its artistic development are linked with the study of poets' work, the function of the genre of criticism is analysed.Attention is paid to literary research in the study of lyrics.The peculiarities of the nature of Kazakh lyrics studied by scientists and critics are reviewed.At the same time the aesthetic approach to this genre is presented and the judgments and conclusions of scientists-critics who studied Kazakh lyrics are given.The authors point out the correlations between criticism and lyricism, pointing out the points of contact on the way of development of the national lyrics.The authors describe from which point of view the critical scientists studied the history of development of national lyrics in Kazakh literature science, what points they paid attention to, what were their main achievements.