Britaeva, Anzhela B.
Kavkaz Forum. 2020. Issue 1.

Abstract:
The present article examines the artistic features of lyrical prose, namely,
autobiographical story in the Ossetian children’s literature in the works of Muzafer
Dzasokhov, a well-known modern Ossetian writer, poet, publicist, translator. The
story «Spring Stars» (1973) and its continuation - «On the Bank of Ursdon Baragun
...» (1981) marked the beginning of an epic about the life of a family, and via their
fates the author shows life of the whole country in the difficult post-war years.
The theme of childhood is considered as one of the most important constants of
the writer’s artistic world. In the course of the analysis, special attention is paid
to the predominance of the moral aspect, the actualization of the problem of
the regulatory and educational function of national etiquette, the value and
normative guidelines of the Ossetian mentality. The focus of the study is based
on biographical and historical-genetic methods and highlights the themes of
post-war childhood, the role of the family and society in the formation of moral
guidelines, in the formation of personality, the image of the mother, the theme
of memory, as well as on the artistic understanding of these problems and topics
in autobiographical novels of the writer. Typologically, the embodiment of the
«children’s» theme in the works of M. Dzasokhov is largely based on the tradition
of depicting childhood in Russian autobiographical prose of the XXth century.
The formulated conclusions in the final part reflect the peculiarities of lyrical
prose in the works of M. Dzasokhov, the place of the author’s autobiographical
stories is indicated in the context of Ossetian children’s literature of the second half
of the XXth century. The relevance and scientific novelty of the work are due to
insufficient research on the history and problems of Ossetian children’s literature.
The results of the study can be used in writing the history of Ossetian children’s
literature.

Keywords: Ossetian children’s literature, lyric prose, autobiographical novel, M. Dzasokhov’s work, image of the author, lyrical hero, image of childhood.

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