The concept of historical memory and national identity based on Kanta Ibragimov's novel "Past Wars"

the article examines the components of historical memory and national identity using the example of the novel "Past Wars" by the Chechen writer Kanta Ibragimov. These components have been studied in a work of Chechen literature to form an appropriate concept that can be of potential interest to the scientific community and other authors of national literature. The author of the article carried out a literary review among representatives of the scientific community, who in recent years have investigated the functional purpose of the components of historical memory and national identity used in literature. The prerequisites for the considered components of artistic works have been separately identified among researchers whose scientific works are devoted to K. Ibragimov's novel "Past Wars". In the process of analyzing the novel by the Chechen writer in question, the components of the concept of historical memory and national identity were revealed for the first time, the uniqueness of which consists in the writer's initial orientation to the biography of the hero of the work of art, the use of constituent elements of the environment surrounding the hero, in the transition of the narrative into memories and the return of the reader to the narrative component and other techniques. The key aspect of the presented concept is the continuity of the inner experience of the hero, caused by the actual absence of the fact of completeness of the source of significant shocks in his life. Following the formation of the concept of historical memory and national identity based on the novel by the Chechen writer, the studies mentioned as a literary review were additionally considered from the point of view of a possible synthesis of existing scientific views and the methods used by K. Ibragimov to involve the reader in rethinking the subject of the shocks experienced by the hero. Based on the presented concept, the probability of the development of the historical and ethnic novel genre in modern national literature is additionally revealed.

historical memory, national identity, novel, past wars, Kanta Ibragimov, national literature, concept, spiritual heritage