Public speaking skills in the traditional abkhaz society
https://doi.org/10.24833/2541-8831-2020-2-14-96-104
Abstract
The article observes public speaking skills as a socio-cultural phenomenon in the traditional Abkhaz society at national and individual levels. The topicality of the study lies in analyzing certain functions and genre modifications of oratory tradition among Abkhazians. In our considered opinion, public speaking is an integral element of the life of Abkhaz people, an essential phenomenon for understanding the Abkhazian worldview, their culture and attitude to reality. Such analysis might be vital for the reconstruction of a holistic «portrait» of the Abkhazian ethnicity, understanding the character, intentions, mentality of its representatives. The aim of the study is to analyze the specific functions of oratory tradition for the Abkhaz society. The task is to classify its main functions; to consider genre modifications of oratory tradition aimed at harmonization of the society; to determine the role and importance of the speaker in the traditional Abkhaz society. On the basis of the research conducted, the author comes to the conclusion that in a traditional Abkhaz society is oratory performed a number of socially significant regulatory and ideological functions, namely, ordered intercultural interactions, coordinated the resolution of political and socially important issues, worked as a value-regulating mechanism. At an individual level, by mastering the art of speaking in public, Abkhazians realized natural social needs, the need for communication, socialization and creative activities.
About the Author
L. A. Agrba
Abkhazian State University
Abkhazia
Abkhazia
Lana A. Agrba — PhD in Philology, Associate Professor Department of English and German languages
384900, Sukhum, Universitetskaya str., 1
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Agrba L.A. Public speaking skills in the traditional abkhaz society. Concept: philosophy, religion, culture. 2020;4(2):96-104. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2541-8831-2020-2-14-96-104
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