Traditions of classical literature in the work of modern Russian and Tatar writers from the Republic of Tatarstan

The article examines the dialogue between modern Russian and Tatar poets from the Republic of Tatarstan and classical writers. In the works of Renat Kharis, Mark Zaretsky, Nikolai Belyaev, Sergey Malyshev, Timur Aldoshin, Rustem Sabirov and Lyudmila Ufimtseva, the dialogue with Russian and Tatar classical literature is built on a wide literary and cultural background, turning into a polylogue. Often, modern Tatar and Russian poets turn to the works of A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov and G. Tukay, traditionally comparing G. Tukay with Russian classics. In the work of the poets from the Republic of Tatarstan, a dialogue is built with the poets biographically associated with our region. In the poetic dialogue, we can identify two main trends: first of all, modern Tatar and Russian poets from the Republic of Tatarstan comprehend the associative connection with the biographical facts and the personality of classical poets, finding moral support in their work, comparing their work and the work of their contemporaries with standards of high poetry. Often, this comparison is not in favor of the modern poets; however, the poets turn to traditional themes, genres, images, transforming them at the present stage of the literary development.

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