THE PLOT AND COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE TUVAN HEROIC TALE “ALDAY-BUUCHU”

Abstract

The paper examines the compositional structure of the plot in the Tuvan heroic tale “Aldai-Buuchu”. The choice of this epic work is based on the fact that its plot and compositional structure differ from other texts in the corpus of Tuvan heroic tales. The paper provides a structural breakdown of the heroic tale and highlights the elements of its compositional structure. As a result of this work, it is revealed that the compositional structure of the plot of the heroic tale “Aldai-Buuchu” has two storylines, in which motifs are found inserted into the structure of the text at the stage of its late overlay. The article outlines the prospects for further research, which involves, firstly, identifying the evolutionary processes occurring in the plot and compositional structure of the epic text, resulting in the identification of early and late layers; and secondly, conducting a comparative study of the texts of heroic tales with similar names in the corpus of epic works by the Turkic and Mongolian peoples of Siberia.