Abstract:
The article focuses on the works of academician Zaki Akhmetov, who studied the current
problems of the development of Kazakh literature at the beginning of the 20th century in a new way. Articles
about the work of prominent figures of Alash literature are considered. In particular, the importance of
articles differentiated from the point of view of the traditions of Abai in literature at the beginning of the 20th
century, of the works of Akhmet Baitursynuly, a reformer who became the teacher of the nation, and of
Shakerim – a classic of Kazakh literature in the national literary science is revealed.