D. ravjaa’s Code in Modern Mongolian Poetry

Abstract

D. ravjaa’s poetry is connected with works of modern literary artists at the level of motifs, artistic images and textual coincidences. The paper aims to determine the features of mortal and vital codes in Mongolian poetry. In this respect, it is urgent to study the problem of literary texts coding, the ways they incorporate quotations and allusions to traditional symbols, and interpret culture-specific archetypical literary themes. Being a universal principle for the interpretation of texts, the semantic-hermeneutical method allows to create a unified system of meanings of texts within a paradigm of numerous interpretations. The Buddhist idea of an indissoluble chain of existence contributes to the quiet and contemplative perception of life. The concept gives rise to the special mortal code inherent to Mongolian poetry. For example, in one of his poems, the famous poet Damdinsuren refers to D. ravjaa’s code and does not repeat the keyword in the text but rather designates it only in its name. Here, the new ordered sense is detected in an unusual sense of the original. The poet celebrates the five feelings, depicts the beauty of perception of the world in each stanza, and every last line of the stanzas glorifies the most perfect aspect of all those already mentioned. Damdinsuren’s text is transparent for reading. He applies D. ravjaa’s recognizable code of perfect quality as an unambiguous vital code, makes reconstruction of elements of the code according to his individual poetical principles. The article considers D. ravjaa’s vital and mortal codes, specifics of their functioning and transformation in works by modern poets. Identification of the code of D. ravjaa allows to determine the role of his works in the development of modern poetry. The mortal code of both the optimistic and pessimistic in modern Mongolian literature is closely connected with the Buddhist philosophical concept of death as infinity. It has features as follows: life as expectation of death, death as a benefit, love to death, quiet perception of death. The work reveals the close interrelation between mortal and vital codes in D. ravjaa’s poetry that are used in modern poetry in the transformed type. As a result, it is concluded that the code of D. ravjaa is included in modern Mongolian poetry in the form of a hint or a direct quotation of his Buddhist philosophical concept. Motifs and details of the code are used in direct and reduced forms.