The originality of artistic psychologism in the works of S. S. Surazakov and D. B. Kainchin

Abstract

   This article studies the psychological function of details and their role in creating a national picture of the world in the novels of Altai writers in the second half of the 20th century. The focus of the article is the formation of psychological prose in the works of prose writers whose aim is a deeper understanding of the social and eventual essence of man. Based on the unfinished novels of Sazon Surazakov and Dibash Kainchin, the article reveals the role of artistic detail in the binary oppositions of “our” and “their” worlds, used to express the contradictory state of mind of the characters and their ideological aspirations. The study represents the psychological detail as the “microimage of the world” through the opposition of “our” and “their” world through the struggle of the representatives of different religions - shaman Karbysh and priest Mikola in D. Kainchin’s novels and through the  details of ayil / yurt / hut and the episode of baptising Altaians by Father Makarii in S. Surazakov’s work, demonstrating a fundamental impossibility and unattainability of the spiritual and intellectual closeness of these characters. The studied works reveal significant contradictions in the religious relationships of the inhabitants of Gorny Altai in this particular era (pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary), showing acute social, socio-religious and political conflicts. The psychological detail contributes to the creation of a conceptual, linguistic and individually-figurative national picture of the world.