Book dastans (stories) of the Volga region Tatars: "boundaries" of genre names in national creativity
For the first time heterogeneity of the genre name of epic works of the Volga region Tatars is specially investigated. The author examines functioning and evolution of the terms of dastan, khikayat, kyssa and kitab in national creativity. Areas of the use of each term are studied and their compliance with the semantic meaning is revealed.