Художественное время в рассказе М. Кунафина «В деревню явится Аллах... или остановившееся время»

Abstract

The article examines the artistic time and the features of its image, presented in the story of the Bashkir writer M. Kunafin. The purpose of the research is to identify the peculiar forms of the image of artistic time, to reveal its meaning to denote the creative task of the writer. The material for the analysis was the story «Allah will come to the village... Or Stopped time». To achieve this goal, cultural-historical and comparative methods were used. The scientific novelty lies in the study of the concept of time in M. Kunafin’s story. The analysis of the work makes it possible to clearly distinguish the forms of artistic time, which are represented as unreal time, future time, real time of the main character, accelerated time or «breakage of time counting» and slow-motion or stopped time, existing in the minds of his characters within the framework of the writer’s story. It is noted that M. Kunafin tries to give deep figurative content to oppositions and comparisons. The compositional technique helped the author to collect all forms of plot time around the hero’s dream. The semantic essence of the synthesis of unreal and real time acts as one of the main elements of the plot of the story. Real time does not always coincide with artistic time. The conclusions are drawn that the integral space of the work is represented by rural everyday life and characters who are immersed in traditional household ties, connecting the past, present and future. The concept of artistic time in M. Kunafin’s story implies its important function as a means of imaginative cognition of reality. It provides an opportunity to observe the process of worldview transformation and the acquisition of moral qualities of the characters. The results of the study contribute to the further study of the artistic features of the writer’s work.