Yakut author Nikolay Luginov and his stories

One of the leading representatives of Saha (Yakut) literature Nikolay Luginov involved into the literary word with his first storieswhich he started to write after 1970. In order to present a detailed study on the stories of Nikolay Luginov and to reveal the place of the author in Saha (Yakut) literatur, the stories of Luginov was examined with a text-cnetered approach. General information about Yakut Turks and development processes of Yakut literature and aim of the thesis, research methods are given in the "Introduction" section of the thesis. In the first chapter, Nikolay Luginov's life, literary identity and his Works were discussed. In the section,Nikolay Luginov's literary transition process from story to lovel and the aothor's recent works were eveluated. Three storiew of Nikolay Luginov were analyzed in the second part of the study. First the plot then the summary, charecters, time and space were examined in the story analysis. Moreover, the mythological and traditional elements in the stories were discussed. The results of the study into the literary identiy and Works of Nikolay Luginov were presented within the framework of the auuthor's word view in the conclusion section.