Article

Name: Resistant elements of the poetic system of ritual Khanty songs of the bear festival: poetic formula

Authors: A. A. Grinevich

In the section Study of folklore

Abstract: The objects of study are the resistant elements of the poetic system of Khanty songs – poetic formulas, which are discussed in the context of other genres of ritual Kazym Khanty folklore. The author reconstructs and describes three basic grammatical-syntactical models according to which all the variety of Khanty poetic expressions is built: construction of characterization, construction «a part for the whole», and model of space and time characteristics of the object. Formal and semantic approaches are combined to reconstruct and describe the formulas. The author reveals the specific features of bear songs syntax, characterizes sacral poetic language which maintains a plurality of archaic traits. The article discusses the question of repetition and variation of resistant poetic units. The extensive material on Kazym dialect of the Khanty language is analyzed.

Keywords: poetic formula, metrics, repeat, variation, model

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