Folk Motives in Modern Russian Literature

Abstract

The article discusses folklore motifs in modern Russian literature, the use of folklore elements in their various genres, as well as issues of enriching literature with folklore elements. The main goal of the study is to show not only folklorists but also professional readers the trends of modern literature. As Academician D.S. Likhachev noted, works that do not have an author are called folklore works. In folklore, there may be a performer and a storyteller, but there is no author or writer as a unique element of the artistic structure. Folklore, like literature, is the art of words. This gives rise to the use of literary terms: epic, lyricism, dramaturgy. They are usually called birth. Each type covers a group of works of a certain type. Genre is a type of artistic form (fairy tale, song, proverb, etc.).