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Humanitarian sciences in Siberia

2005 year, number

The Plot and Composition Structure of Khakas Heroic Epos

Chistobaeva N.S.
Keywords: epics, exposition, entanglement, action development, culmination, denouement, motif, plot.

Abstract

The paper provides a detailed analysis of the Type III plot development based on the Altyn Chus epic in which each of the three characters is involved in his/her own scope of actions and events. Scientific comments include the description of special composition features of Khakas heroic epos which reveals the national specificity, originality, and peculiarities. The paper may be of interest for specialists in Turkic languages and folklore.