IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT TOWARDS THE ROAD- ETHNIC LITERATURE IN MODERN WESTERN SIBERIA

The article deals with the problem of the characteristics of the artistic realiza- tion of the concept of path-way in the literature of the peoples of Western Siberia. Category path and road are regarded here as a norm of life of the people and the individual. Travel motif and wandering hero refl ects the historical destiny of his people. The concept of home and con- cept of childhood play an important role in implementing the concept of the road. Movement along the way, the road is cyclical. Landmarks real way-roads in ethnic prose combined with the paradigms of mythological space. This makes it possible to refl ect the basic installation of consciousness and mental pictures of the northern ethnic groups in the world. The analysis is given in comparison with the works of ethnic writers in North America