The concept of HOMELAND in the epic works of the Buryats

Abstract

The article explores the concept of Homeland in Buryat heroic narratives, which is a key concept for the national consciousness and functions in the folklore text as the main component of the universal opposition “us-them”. The Buryat epic (uligers), as any heroic epic works of other peoples, also contains in its poetic structure various formulaic expressions in which the image of Homeland is vividly represented. Heroic epic works of the Buryats – “Alamzhi Mergen”, “Abai Geser Bogdo Khaan”, “Abai Geser Mighty”, “Abai Geser” - were analyzed in this research. The purpose of the article is to identify the conceptual features of one of the basic concepts of the national world view – Homeland – in Buryat uligers. Structural-semantic, structural-typological methods were used in the analysis of folklore texts. The relevance of the research lies in the fact that at the present time the semantic meaning of the concept of Homeland in the epic texts of the Mongolian peoples has not been sufficiently studied. The study of the epic works of the Buryats showed that in their structural content there are also a lot of paroemias, well-wishes representing the concept of Homeland. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the concept of Homeland has significantly expanded its semantic content through lexical units, and it is also an everyday, axiological concept that characterizes the ethno-cultural identity of the people. The analysis of the semantic features of the concept of homeland in Buryat uligers showed that this concept characterizes a person’s life view of the world, a certain social experience of the people, represents one of the sides of the linguistic world view, which includes its peripheral zone.

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