This article examines the author's position and the narrator in contemporary Kazakh prose. Trends in contemporary Kazakh prose require an examination from the author's perspective. The definition of the author's position and the narrator points to the need to study narratological theories in contemporary Kazakh literary studies. The narrator is distinguished by being embodied as a narrative agency within the author's position or, in terms of subjectivity, as a character in the work. The author-narrator-character triad in contemporary literary prose is analyzed, defining the unity of the author's position and the narrator-character. Comparing concepts in literary theory, theories related to the author within the author's position are analyzed. The author's position plays an important role in revealing the author's artistic world and defining their craft.

According to poststructuralist concepts, the author and narrator are considered separately. Despite this, the author and narrator are defined as united within the artistic world. The value of this study is reflected in the mutual classification of concepts related to the theory of the author. This article explores the dynamics of the development of the author's position and concept of narrator in contemporary Kazakh prose, which forms the theoretical basis of the study. The study analyzes the works of B. Kadyr, D. Zhylkybay, and A. Zhaksylyk, and demonstrates the practical significance of intention in the author's position. The methods and approaches used by the author and literary movements reveal the author's position and artistic mastery.

NACIYE Y.

Doctor of philology, professor, University of Ankara Haci Bayram Veli, Аnkara, Turkey.

Е-mail: yildiz.naciye@hbv.edu.tr, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-4538

KUSHKIMBAEVA A.S.

PhD, associate professor, K. Zhubanov Aktobe regional university, Аktobe, Kazakhstan.

Е-mail: Alitok@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5546-4513

UMIRBAYEV A.S.

Doctoral student, K. Zhubanov Aktobe regional university, Аktobe, Kazakhstan.

Е-mail: aibat.umirbayev@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5231-0471

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author's position, image, literary process, narratology, narrator, postmodernism, prose