GEORGY TOPANOV’S PROSE: PROBLEM-THEMATIC AND ARTISTIC FEATURES

Abstract

The article is dedicated to Georgy Topanov’s prose, which is underinvestigated in Khakass literary studies. The objective of the article is to identify problem-thematic and artistic features of the stories published in the 1960s. The main attention in the work is focused on the study of themes and poetics of G. Topanov’s stories aimed at depicting state farm life, agricultural labor, and the struggle for the grain harvest. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that the artistic means and techniques, used by the writer to reveal the relevant problems, are considered for the first time. The author of the article substantiates the conclusion that the originality of G. Topanov’s stories, dedicated to rural workers, is associated with a harmonious combination of the depiction of production problems with the disclosure of the love theme, inner peace and emotional and sensual state of a person, an appeal to the tradition of realistic storytelling and autobiographical origin, the creation of an expressive portrait, dynamic dialogues, description of nature, masterful use of Khakass parodies which psychologically accurately convey the feelings of characters.