Totalitarianism and Kazakh Literary Criticism in the 40s of the XX Century

The article deals with urgent problems of Kazakh literary criticism in the 40s of the XX century, traces the artistic processes of the specified period and the impact of the totalitarian system on the writers’ artistic nature. The author of the article examines the genre originality of literary criticism. Besides, such genres as topical article, polemic article, literary review and other were considered