Originality of the artistic world of Osmanov Khyisi

Abstract

This article examines the work of contemporary Balkar writer Khyisa Leilunovich Osmanov (born 1954), a representative of a new generation of authors of the post-Soviet period. It introduces the writer's literary works into scientific circulation for the first time, revealing his artistic world, which determines the scientific novelty of the work. The article demonstrates that Kh. Osmanov successfully demonstrates his mastery in journalism, poetry, and short fiction. The author's journalistic works are dominated by the history of the Balkar people, famous families and their prominent representatives, as well as the geographical names of gorges, rivers, and mountain peaks (toponymy) in Balkaria. Osmanov Kh.'s poetry employs effective artistic devices, such as anaphora and refrain, which lend expressiveness and rhythm to the verses. A selective analysis of the writer's stories reveals compositional and artistic features (autobiographical, "story within a story," folklore stylization, comparative phrases, epithets, personification, and metaphor), and characterizes the author's idiostyle. The natural environment of his native land is an important component of the writer's artistic world. The inclusion of ethnographic details in the text is considered an effective way to create a national character and reveal the protagonist's mentality. Attention is focused on the key concept of love, which defines the leitmotif of the author's work. The conducted research allowed us to identify the originality and versatility of Kh. Osmanov's work, which meets the aesthetic needs of the modern reader.