Ethnopoetic world of Zoya Dudina

The article deals with the poems of Zoya Dudina, one of the most famous and artistically original representatives of modern Mari poetry. The relevance of the topic is due to the versatility of literary talent and the variety of poetic techniques of the author, as well as the obvious lack of studies on her creative concept. The research novelty of this work is determined by the fact that Dudina’s poems have not been studied in the context of the national tradition and Finno-Ugric literature, as well as by the theoretical and methodological underdevelopment of the theme of women’s lyric poetry in the history of Mari literature. The purpose of the work is to analyze the individual author’s features of the Mari poet’s artistic picture of the world, the ethno-cultural components, and the existential psychological aspects of her creative expression, which originate from the folklore and mythology of the Mari people. The main objectives of the study are to consider the motif-figurative complex (the motif of death, atmospheric and ornithomorphic symbols), the problem-thematic priorities of the author, individual linguo-aesthetic parameters, correspondence with the works of national classics (S. Chavain), and the degree of correlation between the original texts and their Russian translations.