Musico-Poetic Images in the Adyge Epic Poem Nartu

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Ljudmila Kh. Shauzukova

Abstract

Heroic epos Narty is a treasure of Tcherkessian folklore
which still attracts significant attention of specialists in different
fields. Nevertheless the multi-functional character of
musical images in the epos hasn't been the object of study
yet. Meanwhile this side of the epos has much to offer. On
the example of Ashamez-nart — musician, the main character
of the epos — the author studies the role of music in the
epos and comes to the conclusion that it educates, predicts
the future, gives real aesthetic pleasure, widens horizons of
people's scope, directly influences individual perception of the
world, socializes a person, gives hope, and has many other
important functions.

Keywords: ethnomusicology, Adyge folklore, Adyge epos, geguako

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How to Cite
Shauzukova, L. K. (2008). Musico-Poetic Images in the Adyge Epic Poem Nartu. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 3(2), 61–67. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/722
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Musical Cultures of Russia
Author Biography

Ljudmila Kh. Shauzukova, North-Caucasian State Institute of Arts

Ljudmila Kh. Shauzukova is a Docent of the North-Caucasian State Institute of Arts. She is the Chair of the Department of
Humanities and Socio-Economic Disciplines