Individual and history in the novel “The Great Bloodline” by the Buryat writer D. Erdyneev

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of the concept of the individual in the context of history in the novel “The Great Bloodline” by the Buryat writer D. Erdyneev. The main types of the individual are analysed in terms of their dominant values, social connections and relations with the world. The aim of the study is to identify the features of the connection between the individual and history in the Buryat novel of the 1970s based on D. Erdyneev’s novel “The Great Bloodline”. The scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the individual in the context of history in the Buryat novel has been studied mainly on the material of the historical novel. Meanwhile, this aspect of the problem of the individual has been also reflected by the authors of works on contemporary topics, including the novel considered in the paper. The interpretation of the typology of the individual is also new. In the existing works, negative characters are given minimal attention as carriers of obsolete values. At the same time, they also act as a certain psychological type, exponents of collective egoism, which, like its antagonists, heroes of the altruistic type (Lyksek, Balta etc.), should be correlated in their connection with history. Lyksek and like-minded others represent an integral part of their native people, closely connected with the history of the country, the most important stages and events of which are captured in their fates. As a result, it has been proved that the traditional significance of a good name and the individual’s responsibility to society for their kin are in tune with the values of the common good, constructive labour and creative work.