REPORT

Topic: Comics and Gender: Based on Contemporary Kazakh Literature

Format: Presentation in the form of a role-play

Date: May 2, 2025

Venue: Room 302, 37A Zheltoksan

Instructor: A.T. Baktybayeva

Participants: Faculty members of the Department of Language Disciplines

Purpose of the presentation: To demonstrate how gender issues are reflected in contemporary Kazakh literature through comic techniques. To provide a critical analysis of gender stereotypes and role distribution in society using elements of comics.

Format: The presentation was supplemented with a role-play. A short performance was staged using literary characters and modern images, applying comic techniques such as grotesque, irony, and sarcasm.

Characters and scene:

Scene title: “Kudalyk 2.0: The Digital Bride”

Girl: modern, with her own opinions

Mother: traditionalist

Matchmaker: proposing marriage “via the Internet”

Feminist blogger: a character advocating for women’s rights

Purpose: to humorously depict the clash between tradition and new perspectives in modern society.

Literary sources:

Asem Zhapishyeva, “The Body and the City”

“They want you to be gentle, obedient, beautiful. And if you are smart — let it be an unexpected surprise.”

Dinara Satzhan, “A Letter to Myself”

“Sarcasm is my form of resistance. Because a woman’s shout is not forgiven, but irony is sometimes tolerated.”

Gulnar Dulatova, “Every Friday I Get Married”

“When I hear the words ‘a woman must,’ I remember that equality is written into the Constitution.”

Conclusion:

Comics and irony are effective tools for artistically and critically conveying gender issues. The role-play increased audience engagement and sparked meaningful discussion. Contemporary authors skillfully use humor as a means of social dialogue.