Literature and the issues of ethnocultural identification: the shamanism theme and plots about shamans in Siberian writers’ works

In literary studies, little attention has been paid to the influence of shamanism, as the specific world view and mentality, on the formation of the writer’s mind and writer’s national identification. Nevertheless, it is the author’s mentality and philosophy that determine the themes, topics, issues, and plots of his works. When studying the literature of Siberian peoples, scholars usually emphasize the connection between the folklore and the literature of these peoples, while the impact of shamanism, the basis of the traditional world view and one of the most important religious practices in the Siberian cultures, primarily remains the subject of ethnographic, anthropological, folklore, and historical studies. However, it is no doubt that the influence of the shamanic tradition on the creativity of writers, representatives of various national literatures of Siberia, is reflected in the specific poetics of literary works related to the shamanism theme.

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