HISTORICAL-REVOLUTIONARY NOVEL IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS (ASPECT OF FUNCTIONING IN THE «BIG TIME»)

Abstract

The article studies the question of the legality of a literary term «historical-revolutionary novel», the necessity of studying the works of the genre in terms of their functioning in the «big time» (Bakhtin). The criteria of the modern reading of novels of historical and revolutionary perspective in the literatures of the peoples of the North Caucasus 1950-1980, providing the possibility of a new interpretation of the works of A. Keshokov, A. Bokova, etc. Details interpreted poorly understood novel A. Ohtov «Milky Way» as a special kind of historical-revolutionary novel. The documentary sources of Okhtov's historical narrative are revealed, the originality of the choice of the protagonist - Tugan Shauhoutov, a man from the people who came to the revolution in their own special way, is emphasized. The main story lines of the novel are analyzed, the lyrical romanticization of the depicted is revealed (the extensive legendary exposition, the role of the silver belt of his great-great-grandfather and the Milky Way symbols inherited by Tugan).