Universal and eternal values in philosophical novellas by the Yakut writer Nikolay Luginov

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of universal human values representation in philosophical novellas of the Yakut writer Nikolay Luginov. The author criticizes soullessness of modern individuals along with abandonment of national traditions. Human soul is the center of the writer’s focus. He is searching for protagonists who actively fight of spiritual freedom, standing up for values and wisdom which have accumulated through centuries. Luginov places the archetypical character of the Elder as representative of the people; the one who protects ethnic mentality and traditions, as well as the one who perceived the essence of being. Elders remember the past, teach how to survive in the future and reach harmony in the complicated world (chaos) and nature (Cosmos). Human destination and connection to nature become the central problem of Luginov’s philosophical novellas. The author speaks of universal problems of human life and survival in the