FUNCTIONS OF LULLABIES SONGS FROM A POSITION OF AXIOLOGY

Abstract

. The article presents results of a study of texts of lullabies as a phenomenon of a special song genre based on the axiological concept of an interdependent, interacting world and indicates that lullabies represent a rich and varied text material. The author proposes a classification of lullabies based on the evolution of the genre, and on the basis of this classification, the features of the manifestation of the functions of lullabies (lullaby functions, educational, teaching, aesthetic, protective, health-improving, communicative) are revealed. The paper concludes that the traditional unchangeable meaning, expressed in the images and verbal formulas of lullabies, has a universal value, and penetrates deeply into the culture as a result of their repeated reproduction. Taking into account the realities of the time, the author singles out the electronic network form of lullaby songs. In conclusion, it is noted that a distinctive feature of modern society, in which high technologies are intensively developing, is the revival of interest in everything that is popular, the activation of ethnic self-awareness.