MYTHOLOGICAL FACTOR AND TRAGIC OVERTONES IN THE WORK OF CH.T. AITMATOV

Abstract

The article attempts to clarify features of functioning of mythological images and the theme of the approaching apocalypse as the tragic inevitability of human existence in the prose of Aitmatov. The main ideas of Aitmatov’s work are analyzed. The mythology of the writer’s works and the tragic overtones are considered as a special method of generalizing reality with the author’s ideas. It is concluded that the myth in the work of Ch. Aitmatov is a form of disclosing the worldview of the heroes and the author, and the tragedy is due to the feelings of the writer, who was not indifferent to the world around him. The main provisions of the research can be used in the educational process, in the development of special courses dedicated to the work of Ch.T. Aitmatov, in the preparation of training sessions on the work of this author in schools, lyceums, colleges, universities.