Ethno-Folkloric Features of the First Stories by Anempodist Sofronov

Abstract

The article studies the ethno-folkloric features of the first works of the originator of the Yakut prose A. Sofronov “The Story” (1912), “The Story of the Shilikuns” (1913). It is noted that the reproduction of the ethnographic environment, the elements of the traditional worldview, the creation of the characters and types of the rogue and the simpleton in the stories shows the genetic connection of the writer’s works with the oral narrative. Thus, it is established that the influence of oral creativity, folk aesthetics on the writer’s development was definite. On the basis of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that in the creative work of Sofronov, with his sharply expressed subjective-personal principle, the writer’s mastery of the traditions of folklore does not appear prominent, but manifests itself in the creative interpretation of folklore subjects, deepening into the national psyche and ethnography, the style and linguistic means.