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ЧЕЛОВЕК-ОЛЕНЬ : ПОВЕСТИ И РАССКАЗЫ

Bibliographic Description

Человек-олень : Повести и рассказы / Бокеев, Оралхан. – М. : Русская книга, 2003. – (2003 год Казахстана в России). – ISBN 5-268-00539-1.

Author
Бокеев, Оралхан
Publisher
Русская книга
Year of publication
2003
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Description

O. Bokeyev's romantic novella "The Deer-Man" is one of the writer's finest works. The irreconcilable opposition of the natural, elemental human being to the psychology of alienation and individualism (the product of a technical, urban civilization) — a vitalist conception — receives a distinctive development in O. Bokeyev's work. The deer-man, Aktan, is the embodiment of the best humanistic qualities: nobility, purity, honesty, fidelity, love of nature. He perceives nature deeply and reverently; the writer endows his hero with contemplativeness and an artistic nature. The deer-man is deeply aggrieved at society for the state of nature, but he is hurt even more when the whole aul migrates to the district center. Without people, without a human presence, the mountains and the taiga seem to lose part of their essence. Solitude is the cause and the driving force of Aktan's incessant reflections, of the deepening psychological process within his soul. In the end, it comes to a psychological split — the deer-man and the individual enter into an argument, and neither can prevail: the man cannot prove the advantages of civilization, and the deer cannot justify the meaning of a solitary, feral life. This dilemma seems insoluble — but only for a time.

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