Research article

MYTHOLOGEMES IN THE NOVELS OF V. PELEVIN

Ayupov T.R.

Online First: December 16, 2022


The paper aims to determine the role of a boundary topos by analysing mythological spatial poetics in postmodernist literature (using V. Pelevin’s prose as an example). Scientific novelty of the research lies in applying the results obtained in the field of folklore studies to postmodern creative work. The re-search findings have shown that V. Pelevin utilises a boundary topos (we analysed the image of the forest, mountain and river) in order to distinguish between reality and irreality and have identified the connection of boundary topoi with thanatological, initiative and onomastic motifs.

Keywords

V. Pelevin; space of a literary work; boundary; myth; folklore; novels.