THE SPECIFICS OF GENRE OF CURSES IN THE KADAR FOLKLORE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the curses of the Kadar ethnos used in various spheres of human communication. The article describes the poorly studied genre of folklore of the Kadars – curses. Along with the description of the genre, the author gives a detailed classification of it, dividing it into several definite thematic groups. The subject for the analysis is the specificity and functional peculiarities and symbolism of these expressive phrases. The objective of the study is a comprehensive research of the genre of Kadar curses. Such methods as collecting information, text analyzing, categorization and descriptive methods are used to analyze the subject of the research. As a result, the national and cultural specifics of the world categorization of the Kadar people are revealed and the thematic groups are defined.