LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS IN FOLK TALES: EPIC METHODS OF CREATING IMAGE OF BATYR
Gaifutdinova Ramziya Mullanurovna
G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature and Arts Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Abstract. The article considers the linguistic structure of the Tatar people’s epic works. In this regard, the author substantiates and compares the expressive artistic means - language poetic elements, stylistic devices, mythological models and views - when reproducing the epic biography of batyr. By the comparison of main motives of the narrative the sign and symbolic character of the epic Turkish-Tatar worldview is revealed.
Key words and phrases: образ батыра, народный герой, эпический батыр, героический эпос, поэтика фольклора, структура речи, харизма, image of batyr, folk hero, epic batyr, heroic epos, poetics of folklore, structure of speech, charisma
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