Гуманитарные и юридические исследования (Sep 2021)
LEGEND GENRE IN THE WORKS OF D. G. BULGAKOVSKIJ
Abstract
The article deals with the literary and genre peculiarities of «Nizhny Novgorod legends» of D. G. Bulga-kovskij. D. G. Bulgakovskij was a priest, writer, ethnographer and educator. His work was very popular at the turn of XIX-XX centuries. The research urgency is caused by necessity to fill the existing gap in science. Literary analysis of literary works of the writer was not carried out, and even his name was long forgotten. Literary work «Nizhny Novgorod legends» was created on the basis of detailed study of folklore sources, they are written in the traditions of Russian literature of the XIX century. The writer skillfully combines artistic iction with historical events, pictures of the past. «Nizhny Novgorod legends» of D. G. Bulga kovskij are of great interest, both in philological and in historical and ethnographic terms. «Nizhny Novgorod legends» consist of seven legendary stories dedicated to the glorious past of Nizhny Novgorod land. D. G. Bulgakovsky used folklore subjects, images and stylistics to dissociate the legend from everyday life and the entertaining fairy tale habitual for the reader, to focus his attention on ontological problems, to appeal to categories of mercy, repentance, forgiveness. «Nizhny Novgorod legends» can rightfully be considered outstanding works of the writer.
