ARTISTIC TRANSFORMATION OF FOLK-MYTHOLOGICAL REALITIES IN THE STORY KHALIL-BEK MUSAYASUL “COUNTRY OF THE LAST KNIGHTS”

Abstract

The story “The country of the Last Knights” was created by the world famous Dagestani Khalibek Musayasul during his stay in Germany. The book was published by the Munich publishing house K.H. von Beck in 1936, enjoyed success among readers, and was translated into other European languages. 63 years later, Khalilbek Musayasul’s story was published in the author’s homeland in Dagestan. The story describes calendar and ritual events in some detail, which indicates not only the author’s good memory, but also, without a doubt, a thorough acquaintance with ethnographic literature. Pictures of the nature of the mountain region occupy a significant place in the story. In this nature, the author sees the law and order that will later serve as an example of the sublime and beautiful for him throughout his life. His heightened perception of the surrounding world is often associated with mythological images that populate mountains and gorges, rivers and valleys, ancient gods and spirits, which the artist repeatedly mentions in his work. The mixing of myth and reality occurs in the story through the use of details related to real life. The synthesis of artistic means, the factual and mythopoetics of the story, the figurative system give the work volume and depth.