Folklore in S. B. Balykov’s Works: a Comparative Analysis of the Tales ‘Gyunge the Carpenter and Gyunge the Artist’ (Translated by S. B. Balykov) and ‘Ananda the Carpenter and Ananda the Artist’ (Translated by B. Ya. Vladimirtsov)

The purpose of the article is to conduct the comparative analysis of the fairy tale “Gyunge-carpenter and Gyunge-artist” translated from the Oirat language by S. B. Balykov, and the tales “Ananda-carpenter and Ananda-painter” translated by B. Ya. Vladimirtsov. Materials. Literary publications of the texts of these works served as the material of the research. As a result of the comparative method, the difference between two versions of translations from the point of view of the plot-compositional plan, the ideological and artistic structure, the figurative system, the description of the details, the level of processing of a folklore source by Kalmyk writer was found; during the course of research it was discovered that translations of B. Ya. Vladimirtsov and S. Balykov generally coincide, though a slight variation is observed in the text of the Kalmyk writer at the level of minor nuances and additions with which he, a talented master of words, supplemented the tale, knowingly only slightly modifying the text, limiting himself to a simple presentation of folklore material. This moment confirms the careful attitude and love of S. Balykov to oral folk art. In general, the analysis allows us to speak about the manifestation of S. Balykov’s personality as a translator, namely about his stylistic device, manner of presentation, which corresponds to the spirit of the original and is aimed at consciously preserving the design of the work, but at the same time preserves national identity.

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