id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-563 Kazakh literature - Wikipedia .html text/html 1081 198 61 Kazakh literature Wikipedia Kazakh literature expands from the current territory of Kazakhstan, also including the era of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakh recognized territory under the Russian Empire and the Kazakh Khanate. Medieval literature[edit] Since at least the 17th century, Kazakh bards could be divided in two main categories: the zhıraws (zhiraus, žyraus), who passed on the works of others, usually not creating and adding their own original work; and the aqyns (akyns), who improvised or created their own poems, stories or songs.[1] There were several types of works, such as didactic termes, elegiac tolgaws, and epic zhırs.[1] Modern literature[edit] Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Articles containing Kazakh-language text ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-563.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-563.txt