THE IMAGE AND STRUCTURAL FEATURESOF THE HEROIC SONG IN THE ADYG EPOS
The article discusses the nature of the construction of a song text in the younger epic of Adygs (Circassians). An attempt was made to establish the nature of the connection of the cycle from the legend and songs about Gudaberd’s rider from the genus Azeps with real reality and, relying on it, determine the place of likely event, as well as the approximate time of the work. The structural links of the song and the accompanying legend, the genre features of creating an artistic image, poetic language and the system of sound organization of artistic text are noted. In particular, the role of legend as a source of information is determined, which eliminates the epic singer from the obligation to comply with the consistent presentation of events, which allows to concentrate on their emotional and aesthetic assessment. Also on specifi c examples, the features of the connection of the expression plan with functions and content are established. The role of such versifi cation techniques as alliteration, anaphora, parallelism is established, the pantum composition. Consideration of the epic text in the complex of all its components allows to conclude that a fairly pronounced functional diff erentiation between the prosaic legend and the song contributes to the creation of a truly artistic poetic text.