Kyrgyz diaspora literature in China and Canada Identity, memory, and cultural adaptation

Abstract

The study aims to compare the literary traditions of China, Canada, Kyrgyzstan with a focus on the themes that unite authors from different cultures, to study their impact on the formation of cultural memory in the context of globalisation. The study examined how literary representations of migration and identity reflect the preservation of cultural memory across various socio-historical contexts by applying thematic, cultural, and comparative analysis to the works of Kyrgyz writers Chingiz Aitmatov and Mar Baidzhiev, as well as selected texts by Margaret Atwood and classical Chinese authors like Confucius and Chengda. The main results are the identification of common themes in the works of Kyrgyz and Chinese authors, reflecting social transformations, the struggle between tradition and modernity, the problem of national and cultural identity. The main achievement is the identification of important aspects common to the Kyrgyz diaspora, Canadian, Chinese literature, such as the preservation of cultural heritage, the struggle for national identity, the interaction of tradition and modernity.