The category of mythopoetics in works of Russian and Azerbaijani researchers

Abstract

The article examines the issue of the status and content of the term mythopoetics, which, despite its prevalence, requires greater clarity and clarity in understanding. A review of articles by Russian and Azerbaijani literary scholars is provided, in which this category is conceptualized as a tool for philological analysis of text at the intersection of mythology, folklore and fiction.

Keywords

• myth
• folklore
• literature
• mythopoetical traditions
• artistic text
• mythological structure
• mythological image