Architectonics of Anatolia Bitsuev’s ballad: on the question of genre development
The article is devoted to the study of the ballad genre in the works of the Kabardian author Anatoly Bitsuev. For the first time, an attempt is made to separate scientific consideration and coverage of the ballads «The Birth of a Highlander», «Duel», «Dzhambulat», «Younger», «Love». The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that a comprehensive (meaningful and structuralcompositional) analysis of the said works is carried out. The main research attention is focused on establishing their correspondence/inconsistency with the canons of the genre, identifying artistic features. The article uses a number of scientific methods, including analysis and description. The results obtained can be helpful in studying the history of the ballad genre in the Adyghe literature, as well as in compiling special courses and writing qualifying and other types of research papers.