The Expression of the ‘Chuvash world’ in the Works of Efrem Elliev

The research examines the peculiarities of the work of the Chuvash writer Efrem Elliev (1907-1942), in which the national principle is very clearly manifested, despite the socialist realism that was forming throughout the country at that time. The purpose of this article is to analyze the expression of the “Chuvash world” in the writer’s works. From this point of view, such a study is being conducted for the first time in Chuvash literary criticism. The research material includes prose and dramatic works, as well as critical articles and diary entries by E. Elliev. Historical-cultural, biographical, descriptive and problem-thematic methods are applied. As a result of studying the writer’s works, it was revealed that in them he sought to reflect the psychology and philosophy of his native people; he reflected on the national character, worldview, and the peculiarities of artistry in the era of socialist realism. The paper substantiates that the work of this author combines in an unusual way such a national feature of thinking as ytarlăh (allegorical, metaphorical) and an open rejection of stereotyping and schematism, which emerged in the 1930s.