Artistic originality of landscape lyrics of Komi children’s literature

The article is a part of the complex of studies of Komi children’s poetry. The author characterizes landscape poetry, which, like all Komi literature, is moving in a realistic direction, solving the problems of not only the moral education of the younger generation, but also the formation in young readers of love for their small homeland, for their native nature. The main originality of the works is that they mainly show natural phenomena and objects characteristic of the Komi landscape. The poems depict specific signs of the seasons, which are internally close and understandable to the little reader. The analysis revealed that poetic works are not distinguished by a variety of color elements, which corresponds to the image of the discreet beauty of the northern region. However, the restraint of colors is compensated by the thoughtful sound organization of the verse. The study also showed that comparison and personification are common means of creating imagery in texts, with the help of which poets give the child the opportunity to see the world around him through the eyes of living, speaking nature. In addition, it was found that the poetics of many children’s poems in Komi literature is based on oral folk art. Of course, these lyrical texts cannot be called landscape texts in the traditional sense, since in them the poets do not so much depict pictures of their native land, but rather show the little reader the world around them in a playful way. But it is precisely such poetic works that allow a child to feel himself in the context of nature from childhood.

Komi poetry, poems about nature, children’s folklore, national picture of the world, educational function