THE SPATIAL IMAGES IN RASUL GAMZATOV’S BOOK “MY DAGESTAN”
The article analyzes spatial images in Rasul Gamzatov’s book “My Dagestan”. The features of the image of space in Dagestan lyrical prose, the relationship of space and time are considered. A general analysis of the category of space in literary works, an excursion of the literary term "space" is given. Also we give definitions of the artistic space of Yu.M. Lotman, M.M. Bakhtin. The open and closed views of the space of the book by Rasul Gamzatov “My Dagestan” are analyzed. The variety and richness of the subject of the book, the problems raised in it, temporal and spatial images are shown. A significant place in the work is occupied by the image of the house, of Dagestan, of the Motherland. The semantic load of each of these images is revealed. Telling about his impressions, about the events taking place, about the people who met on his way, Gamzatov expands the spatial boundaries, more than once going beyond the borders of the village, but the image of his native village, of Dagestan, of the Motherland is always before him, wherever he has been. The book contains narrower closed spatial images: godekan, saklya, and kitchen. All spatial images help the writer to reveal more deeply the problems raised by him, to show the lyrical world of the author. The book "My Dagestan" is rich by themes and the problems rose in it, and the breadth of timelines. The spatial images presented in it are also diverse.