Keyword: «art concept»

Article is devoted to definition of the importance of mythological elements in Zakhar Prilepin's novel "Monastery". Distinctions of the myth and the monomyth are distinguished; monomyths tipologizirutsya: 1) personal, 2) public, 3) philosophical, 4) national, 5) case. The monomyth is considered as one of forms of the intertekstualnost giving an ancient mythological plot or any traditional mytheme in new interpretation. Art functionality of monomyths which consists in symbolization of the narration, in detection of character, in definition of an author's plan and the main idea of the novel of Prilepin "Monastery" comes to light.