BETWEEN ORAL TRADITION AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE: WRITTEN POETRY IN THE YAKUT CULTURE OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY
In article an unexplored aspect in formation of Yakut written culture - a tradition of handwritten collections and songbooks of the early 20th century is examined. Relation of this cultural phenomenon to oral tradition, Russian written culture and the work of A. E. Kulakovsky - the first Yakut poet - is specifically emphasized. The significance of this layer of written culture is in its position at the edge of oral tradition and literature and in its unique precursor to written tradition.