Metaphysics of dreaming in the story by Zaur Kankulov «Light sooth»
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-4-368-379
EDN: TZTJNH
Abstract
The article focuses on the fruitful, but not yet developed in the context of Adyghe literature and its history, the issue of dream research. Through characteristic episodes from the biographies of iconic figures in the history of Adyghe literature, the problem of "creativity and dreaming" is emphasized, and episodes in which the experience of coming into contact with certain sacred spheres through sleep is told firsthand are considered the most interesting and trustworthy. The metaphysics of sleep, unfolded in the volume of a single work, is explored based on the material of Zaur Kankulov's short story "White Soot". The features of the hero's dream are considered based on aspects that are positioned as defining in most modern studies devoted to the interpretation of dreams in a literary text. It is revealed that the metaphysics of sleep in the story "White Soot" is determined by the values associated in world culture with the confrontation of darkness and light.
About the Author
Inna A. Kazharova
https://www.elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=334242&pubrole=100&show_refs=1&pubcat=risc
Institute for the Humanities Research – Affiliated Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Institute for the Humanities Research – Affiliated Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Sector of Kabardian-Circassian Literature, Institute of History, Kabardian-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Senior Researcher
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Kazharova I.A. Metaphysics of dreaming in the story by Zaur Kankulov «Light sooth». Kavkazologiya. 2025;(4):368-379. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2025-4-368-379. EDN: TZTJNH
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