Keyword: «mythology»

The article discusses the use and significance of mythological motifs in N. V. Gogol's «Petersburg Stories». How they were used and the description of mythological images, motifs, mythological features of the spatial model of the world, mythological features of the hero in the stories «Overcoat», «Notes of a madman», «Nose», «Portrait», «Nevsky Prospekt».

This study touches upon and explores one of the most difficult to understand novels by Viktor Olegovich Pelevin, Empire V. The purpose of the study was to understand how Viktor Olegovich Pelevin sees the society of Russia in the noughties through the prism of many unrelated symbols. The methods that were used for research are reading, analysis. The result of the research is the interpretation of the novel through the explanation of the symbols presented in the text.