The Benevolence of Tea in the Lyrics of Mikhail Honinov

The relevance of the topic of the article is determined by the little-studied genre of benevolence (Kalm. yoral) in the Kalmyk poetry of the twentieth century. The genre of benevolence as an integral part of ritual poetry is a short and lengthy poetic texts addressed to significant events and phenomena of human life and society, pronounced recitative. Over time, these benevolences began to exist separately from the ritual actions, being filled with new content, but retaining mostly their form. Benevolence-yoryals convey to food a model of the traditional nutrition of the people, determined by the way of managing nomads. This topic in the Kalmyk poetry of research has rarely become the object and subject of research, which determines the problem of the article. The purpose of this article is to study the folklore aspect of the benevolence of tea in the lyrics of Mikhail Honinov (1919-1981), the objectives of the article are to identify poems about Kalmyk tea in its artistic heritage, the analysis of folklore tradition in such texts, the poet's innovations determined by modern reality. The use of comparative and historical-literary methods contribute to the determination of the connection of the folklore genre with the author's text of the poet, the identification of the synthesis of genres, the creative individuality of the author in the literary process. The folklore tradition of benevolence-yoryala Kalmyk tea in the lyrics of Mikhail Honinov is presented both in form and content, preserving the basic formulas, markers: the praise of tea as the divine drink of the ancestors for its benefits, the glorification of tea as the main offering to the spirits of the ancestors and the gods, the glorification of tea as a national food, a symbol of hospitality, goodwill, well-being and health. Kalmyk tea is shown in its main ingredients, conveyed in color, taste, and movement. The final lines of the poet's poems end with benevolence to the hosts and guests. The comparison of tea with arshan, a divine drink, with the sun, a horse expresses the mentality of the worldview of steppe nomads. The exclusion of references to deities in verses about tea is due to censorship reasons. The observance of national versification (anaphora, alliteration, etc.), on the one hand, and on the other – the borrowed ladder stanza are traditions and innovations in the Kalmyk lyrics of the twentieth century

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