Problems of textology of V.M. Shukshin's working notes

In this article the author refers to the problems of textual study of working notes of the famous Russian writer and film director V.M. Shukshin. Working notes of V.M. Shukshin is the most important part of his ''creative laboratory". Meanwhile, it is a part of Shukshin's artistic heritage that is studied the least. So far there is no complete set of Shukshin's working notes, there is lack of research works dedicated to the texts of this genre. Textual problems imply the study of the origin of each working note, manuscript sources containing notes of the writer, the characteristics of their orthography and punctuation, dating, the study of the history of publishing. In some cases, textual analysis is the starting point of literary interpretation of the working notes. The main part of the article is devoted to the analysis of the following issues: the origin of the working notes, the history of publication of the notes, the problem of genre heterogeneity, the problem of the integrity of the text of the working notes, the issue of their dating. The problem of the origin of the working notes involves analysis of the originals of Shukshin's notes, i.e., study of manuscript sources containing such records. Studying the history of publishing of the notes in the posthumous publications is important in establishing the main text of the working notes, in addressing issues related to the structuring of the notes corpus, etc. The problem of the integrity of the text lies in establishing of the main text of the working notes and preserving its authenticity in the publication, as the text of the manuscript is often damaged, and the publishing process often distorts orthography and punctuation of the original. The problem of dating of the notes is relevant not only in the historical and literary aspects, but also important in the reconstruction of the biography of the writer. A correctly dated working note may give evidence about the emotional and intellectual state of the writer at a certain period of time, highlight the moral and spiritual dominants of Shukshin at the time. Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that textual problems are a large and significant and part of the research area associated with the study of V.M. Shukshin's works. Studying the questions of textology would be the first stage of philological analysis of the working notes. Without it, a complex study can not be made of genre specificity of the working notes texts, peculiarities of their language and poetry, and in many cases we cannot give an adequate interpretation of the working notes content. The solution of these problems is the immediate challenge of modern Shukshin studies.

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