Феномен русскоязычной литературы народов Поволжья в современном научном дискурсе

Abstract

For the first time, the article examines the primary methods employed in the study of Russian literature in the Volga Region (Mari and Tatar) in contemporary scientific discourse. Aim: to reveal the epistemiologic potential of the most significant literary approaches and a new theoretical thesaurus, formed from the experience of studying Russian literature in the Volga Region in the early 21 century. Research material — scientific works of leading specialists and philologists in the field of Russian literature (works of I.P. Karpov, I.A. Yenikeeva, Ya.G. Safiullina, K.K. Sultanova). It is stated that the anthropological approach was first applied in I.P. Karpov’s research on the works of Mari El prose writers and poets, writing in Russian. Russian scientist expands the horizons of Mari literature itself due to the fact that the works of Russian-speaking authors, on the one hand, are inscribed in the national Mari context and, on the other, are part of Russian literature. Compared to I.P. Karpov’s strategy of addressing the text, I.A. Enikeev, a researcher of Russian-language literature in Tatarstan, draws attention to the context and develops a unique methodology based on the interaction of factual and biographical principles in solving the problem of the status of Russian-language works in the modern historical and literary context. The novelty of the presented material lies in the systematization of methodological approaches to the problem of Russian-language literatures of the Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples of the Volga region in a comparative aspect. The tendencies toward expanding the theoretical thesaurus of concepts characteristic of modern scientific discourse and updating the semantics of existing terms are revealed in the field of research on the Russian-language creativity of poets and prose writers of the Volga region.