Change of mythological motifs in the chain "folklore-mythology-literature" (on the example of myths “King Oedipus”, “Rustem and Suhrab” and Orhan Pamuk's novel “The Red-Haired Woman”)

There are many works devoted to the study of the evolution of literary motifs common for a folklore and myths “King Oedipus” and “Rustem and Suhrab”. However, there are quite a few thorough studies on their use in the literature of the postmodern era. In the postmodern period, the concept of "originality" completely disappears, which makes the reference of the author of a novel to other works of oral and written literature, in particular myths, quite frequent. Due to the fact that the mythological motif borrowed by the author undergoes changes in the process of interpretation, there is a threat that the myth will acquire a new form, which may lead to its complete remoteness from the original source. This article is devoted to the study of the process of deformation of such motifs in the chain "folklore-mythologyliterature" and determining the stage at which the myths are located. Prospects for further research lie in the analysis of the functioning of the motives we have studied in other novels written in the postmodern era