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THE MYTHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ITELMEN POETRY (BASED ON THE WORKS OF G. POROTOV)
Corresponding Author(s) : Yulia G. Khazankovich
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 7 No. 6 (2019): November
Abstract
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 Songâ€. 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.
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Eggers, H.J. (1959). Einfdhrung in die Vorgeschichte. München: Piper, 317.
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Gobzev, I. (2011). Sledy epohi. Itelmenskaya literatura [Traces of an era. Itelmen literature]. Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya, 179-183.
Golovaneva, T. (2005). Voploshchenie predstavlenii o brake v povestvovatelnom folklore korennykh narodov Kamchatki. Avtoref. na soisk. uch. st. k.filol. n. [The embodiment of marriage ideas in the narrative folklore of the indigenous peoples of Kamchatka. Author's abstract of a Cand. Phil. dissertation]. Ulan-Ude, 29.
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Hertz, R. (1960). Death and the Right Hand. New York: Cohen & West, 39.
Itelmenskaya literatura [Itelmen literature]. (2011). Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya, 413.
Jochelson, W. (1908). The Koryak. Leiden New York: E.J. Brill LTD V. 830.
Krasheninnikov, S.P. (1949). Opisanie zemli Kamchatki. Tom vtoroi [The description of Kamchatka. Volume two]. Retrieved February 15, 2019 from: http://www.rgo-sib.ru/book/geo/59.htm
Levi-Strauss, C. (1985). Strukturnaya antropologiya. Struktura mifov, gl. XI. [Structure anthropology. Myth structure, chapter XI]. Moscow: Nauka, 183-208.
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Ogryzko, V. (2011). Dohristianskiye verovaniya itelmenov epohi [Pre-Christian Beliefs of Itelmens of the Age]. Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya, 62-77
Porotov, G. (2003). Krylatyi Kutkh, ili Pesn o lyubvi [The Winged Kutkh, or a Love Song]. Sochineniya. T.1 [Selected works. Vol. 1]. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii: "Novaya Kniga" Holding Company.
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Selivanova, N. (2011). On master pesni pet [He is a skilful singer]/ Itelmenskaya literatura [Itelmen literature]. Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya, 2011. P. 150-169.
Tolstoi, N.I., Tolstaya, S.M. (1995). O slovare “Slavyanskie drevnosti†[On the “Slavic antiquities†dictionary]. Slavyanskie drevnosti, t.1 [Slavic antiquities, vol. 1]. Moscow: Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya, 5-14.
Tsivian, T.V. (1990). Lingvisticheskiye osnovy balkanskoy modeli mira [Linguistic basis of the Balkan model of the world]. Moscow: Nauka.
Vorobiev, V. (2011). Vozvrascheniye legendy epohi [The Return of the Legend of the Epoch]. Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya, 137-146.
Zaochnaya, T. (2011). Poteryavshee vremya schet [The time that lost its track]. Itel'menskaya literatura [Itelmen literature]. Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya, 129-133.