CRIMEAN MYTH IN THE WORKS BY K. M. STANJUKOVICH (BASED ON THE NOVELS THE BLACK SEA SIREN AND THE HONEYMOON)
In the modern literary studies, the relevant topic is that one of the relationship between the concept of topos supertext and the concept of myth. Since the cognition of the world occurs mainly through a literary or artistic work, they are called myths or contain many structural and substantive elements of myth (mythologem, mytheme) that are crucial for the understanding and evaluation of the work. Our study focuses on the study of the structural components of the Crimean myth, which becomes the «foundation» for the formation of the Crimean text. It should be noted that myth is constantly evolving, so it displays cultural changes at different historical stages. This article shows the segments of the myth of the 19<sup>th</sup>-20<sup>th</sup> centuries, which are present in K. M. Stanyukovich’ works The Black Sea Siren and The Honeymoon. Details the mythologems of «the Muslim land» (place names, cultural objects, the myth of the fountain of Bakhchisarai), «an expensive vacation», «private place» and «Crimean landscape», mytheme of Parthenon and Serena. Each of the considered components of the Crimean myth does not function only within the artistic texts of K. M. Stanyukovich, they were formed earlier, and were updated and expanded in Stanyukovich’ works.