The place of national culture in works of Ch. Aitmatov (based on The face to face novel)

The work of the famous Kyrgyz writer Ch. Aitmatov belongs to the era of “multinational Soviet literature”, which to some extent contributed to the reflection of the primordial values of the Kyrgyz people in his works. This pressure created the conditions for Aitmatov, like many other poets and writers, to begin working with subtexts and creatively create parallels to convey certain national values as the basis of his works. If earlier the author wrote in Russian and published them in Russian-language editions, then the story "Face to face" was one of the first works published in Kyrgyz language in 1957 under the title "Betme-bet kelgende" in issue 6 of "Ala-Too" magazine. Later, in 1990, this story was republished first in Russian and then in Kyrgyz with some additions and changes. The main reason why we chose this work is to identify what national values and linguocultural codes the author used in his work. The analysis revealed that the representation of national values has a significant impact on the plot structure, the culmination and denouement of the work. In addition, if before the denouement of some of Aitmatov's works remained veiled or even unknown, and we believed that the author left it to the reader, then in this study we come to completely new conclusions, namely that the denouement of the work is hidden in national values. Consequently, the logical denouement of the work is not left to the reader's imagination, but is integrated into the folk rites, customs and traditions. This is the novelty of this paper. The article presents the experience of using the method of linguocultural analysis of the text.