Visual representations in the novels of Amirkhan Yeniki and Oleg Sagan-ool
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2024.4.6Keywords:
visual phenomenon; Tatar literature; Tuvan literature; novel genre; literary image; landscape; visualization; ethnoculture; Amirkhan Yeniki; Oleg Sagan-oolAbstract
The article discusses the representation of visuality in the texts of two Turkic literary works — Tatar and Tuvan literature. The sources used for this analysis are the novels “Gulandam” (1977) and “The Expendables” by Oleg Sagan-ool, which were translated into Russian.
The artistic representation of vision reflects the objective and subjective psychological and physiological abilities of an individual, as well as the unique nature of creative self-expression. It also explores the diverse ethnocultural contexts and interactions between different forms of art.
During the analysis, several visual components were identified (portraits of characters, natural landscapes, figurative associations, comparisons, “spaces” of memory, dreams in visual form). Some stadial-typical, ethnospecific and individual-authorial features of the visual representation were recorded. Eniki's novel focuses on the portrayal of representatives of the new Soviet Tatar intelligentsia and touches on the relationship between music and visual arts. O. Sagan-ool describes the rural life of the Tuvan people in the context of the first collective farms, emphasizing the external features of his characters. He consistently reveals the ethnocultural element and shows the difficulties of interpersonal communication through his versatile descriptions.
The question arises about the development of criteria for identifying visual parameters in a literary text and the system of literature.
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Arzamazov A. A. and Dolzhikova A. V. Visual representations in the novels of Amirkhan Yeniki and Oleg Sagan-ool. New Research of Tuva, 2024, no. 4, pp. 76-91. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2024.4.6
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Alexey A. Arzamazov, Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; RUDN University
Doctor of Philology, Head, Laboratory of Multifactor Humanitarian Analysis and Cognitive Philology, Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Professor, Department of Russian Studies, Ethnocentric Pedagogy and Digital Didactics, RUDN University.
Postal addresses: 2/31 Lobachevskogo St., 420111, Russian Federation, Kazan; building 3, 10, Miklouho-Maklaya St., 3117198, Russian Federation, Moscow.
Email: arzami@rambler.ru
Angela V. Dolzhikova, RUDN University
Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Director, Russian Language Institute, RUDN University; member, Russian Language Council under the President of the Russian Federation, vice-president, Russian Society of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, leading expert, Russkiy Mir Foundation.
Postal address: 3/10, Miklukho-Maklay St., 117198, Moscow, Russia.
Email: dolzhikova_av@pfur.ru
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