ON THE QUESTION OF THE DRAMATIC BEGINNING IN DARGWA FOLK ART

Abstract

Dargin literature, like the literature of other peoples of Dagestan, arose on the basis of a dialectical fusion of the artistic experience of the people stored in their folklore. The rich folklore of the Dargins did not know drama in the direct meaning of this word, although various dramatic elements were present in calendar folk rituals, as well as epics and lyrics. The rituals of the Dargins contain elements of theatricality and entertainment. In the early stages of development, the performance of such rites was an important part in the life of society. Folk songs, ballads, heroic epics, legends, traditions, rituals, children’s folklore had a pronounced dramatic structure. In them, as well as in the theater, scenography was used: costume, scenery, sound design. The theatrical and dramatic art of the Dargins was originally associated with ritual actions, endowed with the basic elements of dramatic poetics and served as a solid foundation for the formation of Dargwa dramaturgy.