Aybek Jamalov

THE ORIGIN OF THE AYTIS: A HISTORICAL-TYPOLOGICAL PATH FROM WORLD FOLKLORE THROUGH THE TURKIC PEOPLES TO THE KARAKALPAK TRADITION

The article examines the origin of the aytıs genre (a poetic contest between twoperformers) in a consistent sequence, from the verbal-contest traditions of world folklore, throughthe Turkic peoples, to Karakalpak aytıs. First, examples of verbal contests from Mesopotamian,ancient...