THE PEASANT WORLD OF IVAN KURATOV: THE INFLUENCE OF N. A. NEKRASOV's POETRY ON THE ZYRYAN POET’s WORK

Abstract

In the history of Komi national culture, the creativity of I.A. Kuratov is a phenomenon of great social and artistic significance. It marked the beginning of creation of the Komi literary tradition and the inclusion of this tradition in the all-Russian literary process. The article examines the poems of I.A. Kuratov devoted to the peasant theme, and offers their analytical reading in the context of the works of the Nekrasov school of Russian poetry. Kuratov's appeal to the peasant theme was not a tribute to the conjuncture, a fashion "for the people" that arose in Russian literature by the middle of the 19th century. Kuratov saw his task in creating a panorama of Komi peasant life - in individual human destinies, characters, in the attitude of these people, their philosophy of life.