THE MODERN STATE OF FOLKLORE OF THE AREA OF NIZHNEY NOVGOROD AND ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN CULTURE

Abstract

In this article the modern state of folklore of the area of Nizhny Novgorod is investigated. On the basic of the actual materials we can comу to the conclusion that today folklore literary works take place on the territory of the area of Nizhny Novgorod in all its genres and varieties. All of them are going on to influence on the development of the artistic and patriotic education of modern generation. The article is sanctified to functioning of different genres of verbal folk work on territory of the area of N.Novgorod the last years. The special attention is spared to folklore, as part of cultural process. Actuality of the article is related to the problem of forming through folklore of national and civil identity. A scientific novelty is conditioned by the analysis of independently written in folklore texts on territory of the area of N.Novgorod. Theoretical meaningfulness of the article is conditioned by that is entered in a scientific turn new materials; basic arguments allowing to establish the fact of many folklore genres are expounded. The applied meaningfulness is constrained with the use of the got results in the institution of higher learning teaching.