Mythmaking in G. Radnaeva’s poetry

The article defines the originality of G. Radnaeva’s philosophic poetry, reveals the role of national literary traditions, namely mythological thinking, in her creativity. The article discusses the peculiarities of G. Radnaeva’s style, such as lirical self-expression and reflective poetic view. The process of mythmaking can be traced in the poems devoted to poetry awareness, as well as to relationship of nature and culture. The article discusses the author’s concept of nature as the creation of art, the functions and peculiarities of metaphors in the poet’s artistic realm. G. Radnaeva uses a number of mythologemes and symbols in the context of lyrical reflections on the nature of art. They include such traditional images as the mythical image of the taiga master Khangay, and the images from the epic “Geser” - Geser himself, his grandmother Manzan Gurme and Khan Khurmasta. The article also defines gender aspects of the worldview and value picture of the world.