ROLE AND PLACE OF PERIPHERAL WRITERS’ ARTISTIC CREATION IN THE HISTORY OF UDMURT LITERATURE

The article studies the role and place of peripheral writers in the history of the development of Udmurt literature on the example of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan representatives. It highlights four generations of authors: a) generation of the 1900s-1920s, b) 1920s-1950s, c) 1950s-1970s, and d) 1980s-2010s. It identifies iconic figures of each period and studies the historical and cultural backgrounds that caused the phenomenon of their emergence. For the first time in the history of Udmurt literature, it attempts to make a comparative analysis of the socio-cultural factors that influenced the emergence of writers’ artistic personality among Udmurts of Zakamsk and Zavyatsk and caused the conceptual differences in their works in terms of understanding the world and human being. The article highlights and provides the general and specific features peculiar to the world perception and creative style of the authors that come from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. It pays attention to specific creative personalities and their contribution to the development of Udmurt literature.