Mythological Motives in M. Shulgin's Works About Nature

Abstract

This article proceeds from the fact that today, along with the economic development of society, there is a steady research interest in the spiritual and moral principles implemented in national fiction. It is in it that the mentality of the ethnic group is reflected, the psychological portrait of the nation, moral norms, connection with nature, the mythological layer of culture are presented. All this is presented in the work by one of the most significant Khanty writers, Mikul Ivanovich Shulgin (1940-2007). He has come a long way in life to literature. Since 1971, Mikul Ivanovich has been a member of the USSR Writers' Union. Since 1991 he has been a member of the Russian Writers' Union. His poems have been translated into Belarusian, Hungarian, Spanish and Ukrainian. Intertwining the Khanty culture and mentality with his work, M.I. Shulgin invariably reflects a special way of understanding and perceiving reality. At the same time, the writer and his works are insufficiently studied in domestic literary criticism. Little attention is now paid to Shulgin's poetic and prose works only in the regional curriculum for native literature. For the works of M.I. Shulgin about nature is characterized by the presence of mythological motifs. The term mythology is quite broad and has many facets to study. The concept of myth refers not only to literary criticism, but also to other related disciplines: cultural studies, philosophy and linguistics. At the same time, the mythological picture of the world, characteristic of one or another people or author, including the peoples of the Khanty, and inherent in the work of M.I. Shulgin. This confirms not only the relevance, but also the necessity of the undertaken research. The purpose of the article is to study and analyze mythologism in the works of Mikul Shulgin about nature.