The influence of storytelling on the rhythm of Platon Oyunsky's prose

Abstract

The article considers the rhythm of prose on the example of the epic work Kudangsa the Great (Uluu Kudangsa, 1929) by Platon Oyunsky, one of the founders of Yakut literature. Oyunsky, an innovator of Yakut literature, created one of the most rhythmic texts. This fact is explained by the author of the article by the factors actively influencing the functions of fiction related to the events of the early 20th century. The relevance of the research is due to the fact that the question of characterizing the specificity of the rhythm of prose, its analysis remains unresolved in Yakut literary criticism. The study of the rhythm of Oyunsky's prose in the rhythmic-intonation aspect is a new approach to the study of the poetics of the writer. Among the most important achievements of the writer in the organization of Yakut rhythmic unity are all levels of language of the heroic epic Olonkho. The aim of the article is to identify the artistic functions of rhythm in the work Kudangsa the Great by Oyunsky. To achieve the goal the following tasks were set: to focus on identifying the functional role of rhythmic prose; in this regard, to pay attention to the rhythm of the heroic epos Olonkho. Methods of comparative and comparative study, functional analysis were used in the work. Oyunsky's prose is significantly distinguished by a pronounced rhythmic organization. It was revealed that the writer, using the techniques of epic depiction in the story Kudangsa the Great, often refers to the stable epic formulas that give the work a special rhythmic and colorful. In the story, figurative and expressive means that characterize the emotional state of the characters constitute one of the main features of the work. In the story, Oyunsky presented a significant role in creating the emotional and expressive function of the prose rhythm. We associate Oyunsky's use of rhythm in the work with the olonkho epic, which carries its own functional load and brings a rich language to the text. As the study shows, the rhythmization of prose in the works of the writer occurred as a result of storytelling by Oyunsky himself, as well as his poetic experience, which resulted in the formation of the writer's prose style.

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