National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: еhe article is devoted to the study of the satirical poetry by the Erzya poet Marina Slugina. The subject of the research is the problem-thematic and motif clusters of her satirical works, artistic techniques for creating satirical discourse.
Objective: to reveal the thematic originality by M. Slugina’s satirical poetry, to determine the motifs and images.
Research materials: satirical poems, fairy tales, poetic tales by M. Slugina.
Results and novelty of the research: as a result of the research, we come to the conclusion that the choice of the object of ridicule and denunciation in the satirical poetry of M. Slugina is determined by the creative concept of the author, her critical attitude. Various spheres of modern reality are subjected to satirical interpretation – socio-economic, nationalcultural, family and everyday life. The poet’s works highlight a number of problematic and thematic clusters: the spiritual and moral state and ethical priorities of society, the ecology of nature, the preservation of national identity, transformation,
the extinction of the Erzya language, the financial well-being of people and the instability of society, family values and the search for personal happiness, principles and methods of education the younger generation, activities of modern children. The author’s satire is focused on the collective image of the “masters of life” and hard workers, negligent officials, public figures, pseudo-democratic leaders, contemporaries who were the product of the national social environment, morally degraded contemporaries in whom real personalities are easily discerned. Satirical typification in works is achieved by using
metaphor, hyperbole, allegory, comparison, antithesis, parody, allusion, as well as elements of utopia, sarcasm, and mask. The scientific novelty of the article is determined by the fact that M. Slugina’s satirical poems for the first time become the object of scientific reflection and are introduced into the context of Finno-Ugric literary criticism.
Key words: modern Mordovian poetry, M. Slugina, satirical poem, satirical poem, fable, theme, character, artistic technique
Acknowledgments: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-28-00098, https://rscf.ru/ project/24-28-00098/.
For citation: Sheyanova S. V. Thematic originality of the satirical poetry by Marina Slugina //Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric studies. 2024; 14 (2/57): 325–333.