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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2022.16.9.011 FORGOTTEN NAMES: THE ARTISTIC WORLD OF A.B. SALAMOV IN THE LITERARY SPACE OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS
Britaeva, Anzhela B.
Kavkaz Forum. 2022. Issue 9.
Abstract:
The article analyzes the features of the Ossetian prose of the second half of the XXth century based on the material of the work of Alikhan Batyrbekovich Salamov in the context of the main trends in the development of North Caucasian children’s literature. The name and creativity of A.B. Salamov are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, despite the fact that the author was actively published in the periodical press in the 60-70s. of the XXth century (magazines «Max Dug», «Fidiuag», «Nogdzau»), and the works were published in the collections of works for children, as well as the individual books, his name is practically unknown not only to the modern reader, but also in literary circles. This determines the relevance and scientific novelty of the work. The undertaken research analyzes the originality of the writer’s artistic world. Fabulous creativity of A.B. Salamov is considered from the point of view of folklore literary synthesis, in his non-fabulous prose the attention is focused on the fact that the writer acts as a popularizer of scientific knowledge about nature, in addition, it is noted that a number of the author’s works are a pedagogical lesson for adult readers. Special attention is paid to the close connection of the moral aspect with the environmental education of the younger generation, the specific features of cognitive, natural history literature. The research project is dominated by a combination of a comparative method of understanding the studied material. Hermeneutical and axiological methods of analysis aimed at revealing deep meanings have made it possible to explore artistic material more effectively. In the final part, the conclusions are formulated reflecting the peculiarities of the development of Ossetian children’s prose of the second half of the XXth century in the context of the development of North Caucasian children’s literature/ In theoretical and practical terms, the work will contribute to the development of the history of Ossetian children’s literature, the study of its national specifics.
Keywords: Ossetian children’s literature, A.B. Salamov, folklore and literature synthesis, natural history stories, ecological aspect
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