National and cultural stereotypes in the works of Altai writers

In every literature there are artists of the word who are distinguished by the depth of their penetration into the spiritual foundations of their own culture, covering many genres and styles. As such an "epicentre" we have chosen the polyphonic creativity of the Altai classics D.B. Kainchin (1938-2012), A.O. Adarov (1932-2005), L.V. Kokyshev (1933-1975) and E.M. Palkin (1934-1991). The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the reflection of national and cultural stereotypes in the material of their works. On the basis of the analysis of individual plots and episodes of a number of novels, the article analyses various actions and deeds of the main and secondary characters. The author examines the modification of stereotypes in the works and notes the presence of surface and deep categories of stereotypes in the novels of Altai writers on diachronic and synchronic sections. The article also characterises the cultural codes common to the literary and mythological tradition and fixed in public memory. The interrelation of national and cultural codes of the Altai ethnos and national and cultural stereotypes is determined on the example of heroic deeds and actions. The artistic image of the world of the Altai people, described in the stable elements, codes and motifs of folk culture, can be reconstructed in its separate socio-historical slices in the context of the changing lifestyles of the ethnos (pre-revolutionary Altai, the establishment of Soviet power, repressions, the Great Patriotic War, the post-war period). The article reveals the peculiarities of the implementation of the concept of "own world"/"foreign world", considers the means of reflection of ethnic identity, characterising the consciousness of the characters of the work. It is proved that in the novel the national and cultural stereotype is a relatively stable and generalising image, a set of cultural values peculiar to the representatives of the Altai ethnos is defined. The peculiarities of the functioning of national images and image-symbols in the novel are reflected, as well as the specificity of the representation of related representations in different episodes and plots. The possibility of overcoming the schematism of socialist realism, renewal of artistic forms and content in the deepening of psychologism and philosophical subtext in the works of Altai writers is considered.