PHENOMENOLOGICAL GENESIS OF FOLKLORE TEXTS

Abstract

The article focuses on the study of existence facets of folklore texts. The authors have highlighted the key points of phenomenological analysis and explained them in detail, contributing to the consideration of folklore as a system of dynamic and multivalent narratives reflecting the cultural paradigms of a particular society. The article presents an innovative approach to the interpretation of folklore text, which combines elements of phenomenological and philological analysis. Drawing on the research conducted by E. Husserl, M. Merleau-Ponty, M.M. Bakhtin and V.Ya. Propp, the authors identify five types of folklore text genesis: sociogenesis, anthropogenesis, epistemogenesis, cultural genesis and technogenesis, and describes their functions and mechanisms of influence on the processes of meaning-making and perception. A significant portion of the paper is dedicated to the examining of the influence of cultural and historical events on the processes of interpretation and transformation of the folklore text. It also emphasises the importance of comprehending the cognitive models which shape the world outlook of our time. This study has the potential to open a new perspective for the interdisciplinary analysis of folklore, linking it to philosophical, linguistic and cognitive aspects of meaning-making.