A STORY-TALE BY ABDUL RAJABOV “KHURDJINS OF FUNDUKHBEK”: SYNTHESIS OF FOLKLORE AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Abstract

The article examines the story-tale by the Lezgin writer Abdul Radjabov “Khurdjins of Fundukhbek” from the point of view of the implementation of folklore and literary traditions. The plot-thematic series and artistic associations of the hybrid genre form of the story-tale are noted. Particular attention is paid to the attributes of a folk tale (“talking animals”, fairy-tale situations (element of the fantastic), a simple plot, repetition of something three times, an obligatory happy ending personifying the victory of good over evil) and literary elements (loss of the traditional beginning and ending, realism in the narrative, signs of modernity, expansion of the traditional circle of fairytale characters, characteristic speech of the heroes, etc.). Common to folklore and literary principles is the conventionality of images of animals that think and act like humans. The features of plot construction, imagery, problems, and the “multi-move” nature of the fairy tale story “Fundukhbek’s Khurdjins” are also considered.