Poems by Sofronov-Alamp of 1920s: epic tradition in depicting historical reality

The article reviews the poems "The Fate of the Sacred Mountains" (1921), "Letter to the Father" (1928) by the Yakut writer A.I. Sofronov-Alamp (1886-1935) from the standpoint of the poet's contribution to the development of their lyric-epic nature. The author notes the connection of the poem "The Fate of the Sacred Mountains" with the olonkho aesthetics and the reflection in its composition of the properties of the author's personality. Sofronov's active participation in the fate of an ethnos experiencing historical rifts of time was expressed in the form of a dialogue between mythological heroes, turning into the lyrical confession of a contemporary hero. The opinion is expressed that the influence on readers of the author's ideas and thoughts in an allegorical form is more significant than in a direct statement about real events. In the poem "Letter to the Father", the actualization of the problems arising in people's life under the influence of a difficult transitional time is manifested in the confession of the lyric hero, who is concerned with everyday and ontological problems - a person's duty, his personal moral choice, which affects genre and compositional features. The image of time is presented in psychological details and pictures of the lyrical hero's life, reflecting on the place of a person in society. The conclusion is drawn about the epic essence of the lyric drama of the hero and the author, which reflects both the real-historical context and the existential meaning.