Open AccessTHE MYTHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ITELMEN POETRY (BASED ON THE WORKS OF G. POROTOV)
Author(s) -
Yulia Gennadievna Khazankovich
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
humanities and social sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-6518
DOI - 10.18510/hssr.2019.76127
Subject(s) - mythology , poetry , folkloristics , literature , character (mathematics) , subject (documents) , indigenous , subject matter , epic , history , art , folklore , sociology , ecology , pedagogy , geometry , mathematics , library science , computer science , curriculum , biology
Purpose of the study: The authors review the Itelmen poetry based on works written by Georgii Porotov. Mythological discourse analysis helps us reveal the Itelmen worldview.
Methodology: The poet focuses on the mythological character of the creator of Kamchatka, Kutkh the Big Raven, the main character of the poems composed by G. Porotov, in particular, the poem “The Winged Kutkh, or a Love Song”. Discourse analysis is used on the material of the Itelmen poetry for the first time in order to study the manifestation of the epic in the artistic thinking of the peoples of Kamchatka. The subject of the study was the mythological story of Kutkh Raven's marriage.
Main Findings: Within the framework of the study, the authors base their research on the works of the famous mythologist and folklorist E. Meletinsky, which are focused on identifying the specifics of the mythology in the mentality of the Paleo-Asiatic peoples in the Far East.
Applications of this study: The article will be of interest to a wide circle of readers and researchers of the indigenous peoples of the world.