ИСТОРИЧЕСКАЯ ШКОЛА В РОССИЙСКОМ И СОВЕТСКОМ ЭПОСОВЕДЕНИИ: ДЕКОНСТРУКЦИЯ МЕТОДА

Abstract

This article presents the attempt in the classification of research approaches used by representatives of the so-called Russian Historical School in epic studies. The classification is based on the choice of material studied rather than on the methodological methods of the researchers. This principle of division aims to avoid confusion when the same researcher employs multiple mechanisms of “historical comparison” in the analysis of bylinas. The material for this study includes works by representatives of the Historical School (such as Vsevolod Miller, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Pimenov, and Yuri Novikov) and texts of byliny. Three main research approaches in the study of Russian epics are preliminarily identified and presented as material for further development: the “material” approach, the “substantive” approach, and the approach that studies the “social context”.