HERO DESCRIPTION IN THE MANAS EPIC

Manas Epic is national epic of Kyrgyz Turks. Manas Epic tells the interior struggle of Kyrgyz Turks and their battle with the enemies, Kalmuk and China. Epic involves the parts belong to historic heroes who leave impress in Kyrgyz history. Some Nogay and Kalmuk’s heroes’ sagas added later to this epic in A.D. XVI-XVII. centuries. Handwork can be seen the struggle of nomadic life and civilized city life. Description reserve an important place in the narration of epic among methods to make narration more understandable. Description provides to recognize environment, people, events better as well it takes attention to provide meeting for narrator of epic and audience. Description is making visible people, places, objects in the epic by taking advantage of art’s facility. Every language has own it’s rules and system of description which involves public’s life style, livelihood, custom and tradition, ideology. Description made in Manas Epic reflects the worldview of Kyrgyzs. Descriptions in the epics both give information about people and increase the aesthetic valve of text. Description is used to make narration more explicit, lively and striking. Existing and thinking entity is embodied and permanented by description. In this article, hero description in the Manas Epic will be tried to fix. By this means, came some outcomes related to faith and worth system, life style, livelihood, ideology of people who create narration.