INGUSH NOVEL OF THE 1960S. CREATIVITY OF A.P. MALSAGOV

Abstract

The article is dedicated to an artistic analysis of the story in the work of the Ingush writer Ahmed Pshemokhovich Malsagov “Reckoning”. The main attention is focused in this story on the events that took place when Ingushetia was part of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR restored after deportation to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The story is imbued with epistemological information that characterizes the circumstances of the 60s of the 20th century. The writer depicted on a large scale and vividly highlighted the measures of the problems relevant to the Ingush reality at that time. The content of the story reveals the problematic remnants of the past. The main character of Isa cannot be attributed to adherents of a certain ideology, he rushes between. The author shows a bleak picture of the life of the people. The main storyline begins when Iza learns the news about her son Islam Suliyev’s bloodline. The author depicts a bloodthirsty man with a scar on his face, who in the story is the personification of people responsible for blood feud (vendetta). Then begins the most important conflict of the story: Isa with himself. The main theme and problems of the story are remnants of the past. To such remnants, the author primarily refers to the customs of the people, which are only harmful: blood feud, calculated matchmaking, mutual responsibility. The author also raises the topic of lying “in the name of good” and secrecy in the family.