NATIONAL CHARACTER IN THE POETRY OF GORNY ALTAI (BASED ON THE CONCEPT “ALTAI-KIZHI / ALTAIAN”)
The article examines the content and structure of a concept “Altai-Kizhi/Altaian” in the poetry of Gorny Altai in the context of the actual problem of reflecting the peculiarities of national character in regional literature and of forming a national identity. The concept under research is one of the dominant concepts of the Altai literature. In Altai lyrics, it is manifested by stable national and cultural symbols, artistic elements and images. Works of the classics of Altai literature - L. Kokyshev and A. Adarova -describe the process of conceptualizing the image of an Altaian (Altai-kizhi) by means of its contamination with images and motifs of the Altai homeland, nature, native land, Altai language, family, Altai people, historical past, home/village, as well as with other components of the Altai worldview. In the course of the study of the poetic tradition of regional literature, set by the development of the concept “Altai-Kizhi/Altaian”, the national universals of the artistic consciousness of Altai lyricists and the nature of the creative ties of L. Kokyshev and A. Adarov are revealed.