Adyghe Int. Sci. J. Vol. 25, No. 3. Pp. 88–97.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-3-88-97
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PHILOLOGY
| UDC 82.0 (470.6) | Original Article |
And what is beyond the horizon?
(On the problem of contemporary
literatures of the peoples of the North Caucasus)
Hangeri Ilyasovich Bakov
Chief Researcher of the Sector of Kabardino-Circassian Literature of the Institute for Humanitarian Studies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (18 Pushkin St., Nalchik, 360051, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russian Federation), Doctor of Philology, Professor, full member of AIAS, Honored Scientist of KChR, KBR and RA, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, laureate of the International Kandurov Prize, member of the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation, ORCID: 0000-0002-4194-1718, h.bakov@mail.ru
Abstract. After providing some background information on the history of regional literatures and literary studies, the article focuses on identifying current issues in literary construction in the new cultural and historical context. Many of these issues are common to the literatures and literary studies of the peoples of the North Caucasus, although there are specific features that need to be highlighted. The author’s significant pedagogical, research, and organizational experience forms the basis for addressing the issues of further development of the so-called “young literatures”in the field of literary criticism, as well as the problems that require scientific resolution. These include the issues of national identity and originality, as well as the author’s individual perspective on the world of things, which are rarely addressed by researchers of the literatures of the peoples of the North Caucasus. The article also touches upon the history, criticism, and theory of literature. In the latter, there have been changes, some of which cannot be considered positive. At the end of the article, some recommendations are offered that can help future researchers to avoid the noted shortcomings. Special attention is paid to the problem of the history of literatures, which are in demand in our time not only for secondary and higher schools, in which the literatures of the peoples of the North Caucasus, which have reached a significant artistic level, are studied.
Keywords: national originality, genre system, creative personality, literary criticism, plot, typology, theory of.
Funding. The work was not carried out within the framework of funds.
Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.
Contribution and Responsibility. The author participated in the writing of the article and is fully responsible for submitting the final version of the article to the press.
For citation. Bakov H. I. And what is beyond the horizon? (On the problem of contemporary literatures of the peoples of the North Caucasus). Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2025. Vol. 25, No. 3. Pp. 88–97.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-3-88-97; EDN: TEQVQB
Submitted 21.08.2025; approved after reviewing 10.09.2025; accepted for publication 15.09.2025.
© Bakov H. I., 2025
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