SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF THE NARRATIVE SCHEME IN OPERATIC WORKS BY G. KOREPANOV
The article discloses the unity of principles for the structure of the narrative scheme in operatic works “ Natal' ” and “ Rout ” by G. Korepanov though these operas are different by genre and structural design. This unity becomes obvious while considering and comparing a number of the composer's incomplete works which are available in the format of finished and unfinished librettos along with explicit narratives of his operatic pieces. The author analyzed the scenario plan of the opera “Tuymat” by V. Uchanov, as well as three versions of the libretto of the opera “Simple Operation” , based on G. Krasilnikov's novel “The Beginning of the Year” . The librettos of unfinished works of G. Korepanov, first introduced into the scientific circulation, is analyzed using the methods of historical and theoretical poetics and primarily with methodology by A. Veselovsky, V. Propp, O. Freidenberg, M. Bakhtin and N. Tamartchenko. As a result of comparing the structure of the plots of “Tuymat” and the opera “Natal” , common principles of plot composition are revealed, which make it possible to reveal the general plot-compositional scheme. The analysis of three versions of the librettos of the opera “Simple Operation” , which reflects a gradual adjustment of the idea in the direction of clarifying the same plot structure, confirmed the hypothesis that there are common principles of structure. Based on the obtained data, the indicated plot structure scheme was also found in operatic work “ Rout ”. The unified principles of plot composition in G. Korepanov's works that are different in terms of genre and internal structure allow us to conclude that there are constant stylistic principles of creativity his works, because according to B. Ouspensky, “style is understood as a manifestation of a single system, a common internal form.”