The poetics of titles in Nikolay Mordinov's novel "Springtime" in the comparative aspect of two editions

Abstract

The novel "Spring Time" by the people's writer of Yakutia Nikolay Mordinov – Amma Achchygiya was created in a difficult time, still controversially evaluated; it deals with as complex, contradictory processes that took place in the history of Yakutia and the whole of Russia in the early 20th century. In this regard, the novel is an outstanding literary phenomenon of the era, largely reflecting its contradictions. The existence of two versions of the work, the degree and direction of the author’s amendments and additions, the scope and nature of the amnedments made in the second edition – all these are undoubtedly interesting and relevant issues for a scholarly research. The article deals with a modern interesting theoretical issue based on the material of the classic novel of Yakut literature. The study uses methods of comparative analysis of the texts of two published editions of the novel. The novelty of the research for Yakut literary studies is to clarify the issues of composition of an epic work based on identifying elements of the paratext and analyzing the strong positions of the literary text as the title of chapters and parts (subheadings). In this regard, a comparative comparison of the texts of two editions of the novel "Spring Time" is of particular interest.