FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE OF FEMALE SPACE IN NARTA SAGA
The article deals with female characters of Narta epic. The research is based on textual analysis using comparative-typological, comparative-historical methods and variable. The evolution of female characters, themes and motifs in Narta Saga dealt with in accordance with the changing views of the people at different stages of the life of tribal society. After analyzing a number of female characters from Narta epic, as well as features of the functional structure of the female space in the epic, the author comes to the conclusion that through the analysis of the areas of women´s space reveals the contents of the archaic strata of national outlook. The scientific novelty of the research is in the fact that in the last few decades, appearing general works on the problems of a comprehensive study of the Narta epic that recognize its different lingual versions. Disclosing of epic scenes and images’ semantics is not possible within just one national tradition.