On the Transition of the Author's Works to Folklore (Based on Medieval Oriental Literature)
In the article binary and ternary relationships between folklore and literature are considered on the example of works of Bashkir literature, when the story-line of folk works is used in literary ones, as well as cases of transition or return to the oral form of existence. This also contributes to intertextual connections that enrich both folklore and literature. The author notes that the interdisciplinary aspect of intertextual relations, “patterns of the second half of the relationship of literature and folklore” in folklore and literary studies is an urgent and important issue, particularly so in the national science. There are cases when an old literary work once appearing being based on oral traditions, for example, Qissai Yusuf by Qol Ghali, gaining wide popularity among readers, is sometimes preserved, spread by word of mouth, thus returning to its original nucleus. In this case, the transition “of a literary piece or some author's work into an oral element” is observed, while the basic plot of a literary source remains unchanged, though there may be a number of changes in the characters' names, in the style and narrative form, etc. The article also points out that studying the said feedback is of great importance for the understanding of not only Bashkir literary processes, but also of many Oriental ones.