Open AccessFolklore and Trauma: Reflection of personal experience of the narrator (by the example of Mari non-fabulous prose)
Author(s) -
German Y. Ustyantsev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik antropologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-1552
pISSN - 2311-0546
DOI - 10.33876/2311-0546/2019-47-3/235-242
Subject(s) - folklore , narrative , literature , sorrow , mysticism , representation (politics) , plot (graphics) , art , history , statistics , mathematics , politics , political science , law
The author investigates the representation of experience and trauma in folklore narratives by the example of the texts of the Mari non-fairy prose. Stories about meeting evil spirits, demonic characters, and unexplained phenomena reflects personal experience of narrators, especially traumatic events from the past. The main motifs of mystical stories are death, sorrow, sickness, etc., which are expressed in the narrative, its structure and plot.