Roman H.D. Zhirov «Awakening of the mountains»
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-1-229-246
EDN: LZPXUS
Abstract
Roman H.D. Zhirov «Awakening of the Mountains» is devoted to two special works by V.B. Tugov, two pages in the monograph by L.M. Chmikhov, three reviews in Russian-speaking newspapers. This article, without repeating what was said earlier, offers a new reading from the perspective of our time. The history of the creation of the work is being investigated, starting from the first references to it, the publications of fragments in periodicals and collective collections; The used archival materials shed light on the discussion of the manuscript at a meeting of the national literary section, the first reviews of Abazin writers and critics are presented. Further, the author offers his own analysis of the literary text, paying attention to the artistic details, the dynamism of the events of the first chapters, the landscape, the portrait, the social status of the hero, his relationship with the owners, the correspondence of the presented paintings of the Life Truth. Alsouscence characteristic of the novel are also noted: the loose composition, the lack of psychologism, the motivation of characters' actions, the internal conditionality of the transition from one chapter to another, the departure from the principles of realism. All these features are not just declared, but displayed from the interpretation of the text. The article ends with the idea that the presented novel is a predominantly artificial creation, performed on a social order of time.
About the Author
Petr K. Chekalov
Karachay-Cherkess Institute of Humanitarian Studies named after H.H. Khapsirokov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Chekalov P.K. Roman H.D. Zhirov «Awakening of the mountains». Kavkazologiya. 2025;(1):229-246. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-1-229-246. EDN: LZPXUS
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