THE CONCEPT OF THE MOTHER’S IMAGE IN A. BOKOV’S STORY “THE OLD HOUSE” AND THE HEROIC-EPIC SONG OF ILLY: A SPIRITUAL AND MORAL CONNECTION WITH THE FOLK-POETIC TRADITION

Abstract

. The article presents an artistic parallel between the story of the Ingush writer A. Bokov “The Old House” and the heroic-epic song “Gela Gaitak”. In the process of analyzing the works, the main attention is focused on identifying the concept of the image of the mother, considered in a moral aspect. Tracing the spiritual and moral connection of the main characters, commonality of the ideological and aesthetic concept of the folk epic song and the story of A. Bokov is noted, in which the philosophical categories of good and evil are interpreted through the prism of moral, ethical and aesthetic ideas about life: honor, duty, human dignity, personal responsibility to the country and the people, as well as the consolidating power of the people. The author concludes that the story “The Old House” by A. Bokov, which comprehends one of the tragic pages of history, like the heroic songs of Illy, carries a life-affirming beginning. It is permeated with the ideas of humanism, high moral and ethical strength, true patriotism and high heroism shown by the peoples of a multinational country in the war with nazi Germany.