Review of the monograph by L.B. Khavzhokova «Evolution of the system of adyghe verse». – Nalchik: publishing house «Print Center», 2022. – 372 p.

Abstract

This article presents and analyzes the content of the monograph by L. B. Khavzhokova «Evolution of the system of Adyghe versification», published in Nalchik in 2022. Reviewers consistently characterize all five chapters of the book, which discuss issues related to the genesis of Adyghe verse (from folklore to literary), its rhythm (stress, intonation, inversion, graphics), metric (iamb, trochee, dactyl, amphibrachium, anapest, logaed, free verse), rhyme and stanza. The fruitfulness of the author’s use of the comparative method in analyzing the poetic texts of Kabardian, Adyghe and Circassian poets with the identification of common and special features is noted. Processing of statistical data allowed the author to draw a conclusion about the harmonious synthesis of the models of European verse with the original Adyghe laws of versification. This author is recommended to use the analytical capabilities of modern digital technologies in further developments of problems of national versification.