EPIC TRENDS IN THE TATAR POEM OF THE 1960S–1980S

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the process of revival of epic traditions in the Tatar poem of the 1960s–1980s. Based on the material of the lyric-epic heritage of Sibgat Hakim, Adip Malikov, Mars Shabaev, etc. the main trends in the development of the Tatar epic poem are highlighted. The article notes that new genre strategies in the works of these authors are primarily associated with the synthesis of artistic principles of socialist and critical realism, the search for ways to overcome ideological canons, the actualization of national themes, etc. Representing a poetic transcription of the most important industrial events in the history of the Soviet state, the epic poems of the studied period are characterized by the refraction of these events in the fate of an individual and the Tatar people as a whole. The structure of the works actively includes lyrical and philosophical inserts with national semantics, the narrative often turns into a lyrical monologue of the author himself – a participant in the historical process, a representative of his nation. As a result of the study, two scenarios of the development of an epic poem in the Tatar literature of the 1960s–1980s were identified: the reconstruction of the historical chronicle within the framework of socialist realist canons and the reproduction of epochal events through the prism of the fate of a person / people.