Comparison of Positive and Negative Components of Emotional-Expressive Meaning in Kyrgyz Complaint Songs

Abstract

This article provides a comprehensive and artistic description of Kyrgyz folk oral works in the genre of complaint songs expressing sadness and longing. The use of linguistic means in this genre is considered in accordance with the various features of the situation described in the complaint song. The use of positive and negative emotional-expressive means in their contrasting ratio in the context of the song is analyzed. Such comparisons perform a certain artistic and aesthetic function, figuratively expressing various situations, bringing sadness to listeners about unfulfilled dreams. Based on factual materials, the image of the lyrical character of the complaint song is investigated as an artistic narrator or indirect narrator, revealing the collisions of life through the song.