The problem of the correlation of individual and regional styles in the Tatar poetry of Bashkortostan

The proposed article is devoted to identifying the main qualities of the regional style of Tatar poetry of Bashkortostan, through studying the features of the individual style of modern Tatar poets of the republic. The work provides a historical and literary analysis of the development of Tatar poetry in Bashkortostan in the twentieth century; the reasons for the emergence of such a literary phenomenon as “bilingual Tatar literature” are revealed, due, first of all, to changes in the socio-political and cultural life of the republic, the displacement of the Tatar language from the literary press and book publishing in the 1930s-1980s; the influence of these events on the individual style of poets is studied. Based on a

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qualitative scientific and theoretical basis, the author reveals the meaning and content of such literary terms as “style”, “individual style”, “regional style”; reveals the peculiarities of aesthetic perception and personification of the world in the works of the Tatar poets of Bashkortostan; emphasizes the importance of the artistic picture of the world as the main component of their individual style. Focusing on the diversity of opinions on the problem of the correlation of individual and regional styles in literary criticism, the author reviews scientific and literary discussions on the problems of form, content, creative method and the main motives of regional Tatar poetry. He comes to the conclusion that the Tatar poetry of Bashkortostan is inextricably linked with the traditions of the thousand-year-old Tatar literature and is currently its successor. Thus, the author enters into a polemic with scholars who consider the Tatar poetry of Bashkortostan as an independent literary phenomenon.

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