Problem of National Identity and Ways of its Resolution in Works of Adyghe and Karachay-Balkarian Authors

Authors

  • Yelena Betuganova (Kanametova) Institute for humanities research – Affiliated Federal State Budgetary Scientific Establishment “Federal Scientific Center “Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (IHR KBSC RAS), Nalchik, Russia
  • Fatima Uzdenova Institute for humanities research – Affiliated Federal State Budgetary Scientific Establishment “Federal Scientific Center “Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (IHR KBSC RAS);Nalchik, Russia
  • Aminat Dodueva Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Nalchik, Russia
  • Sahadin Khubolov Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Nalchik, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v8i2.2114

Keywords:

Ethnocultural identity, National character, Prose, Poetry, Traditions, Folklore, Myth, Circassian and Karachay-Balkarian literature, Symbol.

Abstract

In modern times humanity is facing a crisis in many spheres, the spiritual and moral one being most urgent. Resort to the ethnocultural tradition based on the ethical-aesthetic ideas, local customary practices and traditional (adat) laws seems most effective to overcome the crisis phenomena. In this connection, the preservation of ethnocultural identity comes to the fore. The leading feature of modern literature is the interest to ethnic self-identity as a defensive reaction to globalization and leveling of the individual’s self-categorization. Emotive prose and poetry by Adyghe and Karachay-Balkarian authors have been analyzed in the article with the view of determining the forms of manifestation of the heroes’ ethnic identity, establishing the role of traditional concepts and archetypical ideas in the formation of the ethnic self-categorization and the development of their worldview.

Author Biographies

Yelena Betuganova (Kanametova), Institute for humanities research – Affiliated Federal State Budgetary Scientific Establishment “Federal Scientific Center “Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (IHR KBSC RAS), Nalchik, Russia

Senior Staff Scientist, Karachay-Balkar literature Department; Candidat of Philology

Fatima Uzdenova, Institute for humanities research – Affiliated Federal State Budgetary Scientific Establishment “Federal Scientific Center “Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (IHR KBSC RAS);Nalchik, Russia

Researcher at the Kabardino-Circassian literature Department; Candidat of Philology

Aminat Dodueva, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Nalchik, Russia

Associate Professor, Professor of Karachay-Balkar Philology Department Doctor of Philology

Sahadin Khubolov, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Nalchik, Russia

Candidat of Philology

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Published

2019-07-01

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Betuganova (Kanametova), Y., Uzdenova, F., Dodueva, A., & Khubolov, S. (2019). Problem of National Identity and Ways of its Resolution in Works of Adyghe and Karachay-Balkarian Authors. Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 8(2), 123-127. https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v8i2.2114

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019): Journal of History Culture and Art Research 8(2)

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