Similes and Language Symbolism in Rasul Gamzatov's Poem "Kumukh Khan, Huzakh Nutsal, Gidatlin Khuchbar, Kumyk Shamkhal and His Son"
The article deals with the problem of the functioning of comparative constructions and language symbols in Rasul Gamzatov's poem "Kumukh Khan, Khunzakh Nutsal, Gidatli Khuchbar, Kumyk Shamkhal and his son", which has not been studied in linguistic and linguoculturological aspects. It is noted that similes and language symbols are mainly masculine in nature, since the image of the legendary folklore hero Khochbar is mainly updated in the poem. Accordingly, both individual-author's and national-cultural comparisons and symbols correlative with anthropic and other codes of culture, but also the motives of the Avar song folklore are used in the poem. The attention is drawn to the fact that the linguistic symbolism used by the author is of a masculine nature due to the theme of the poem and the communicative intentions of the author of the poem. The opposition of the image of a real highlander as a bearer of the best male qualities poeticized by Rasul Gamzatov to other images in the text of the poem is carried out using expressive and evaluative linguistic means to actualize the positive image of Khochbar and linguistic means with a negative connotation when characterizing a number of other male images. When updating the image of the daughter of the Khunzakh Nutsal (the bride of the son of the Kumyk Shamkhal), the author's associative-figurative bird symbol was used. The folklore motivs used in the poem also attract attention.