FOLKLORE OF MARINE KORYAKS IN THE COLLECTION OF STORIES"TALES OF OLD TAYA". GENRE SPECIFICITY AND POETICS
The article is devoted to the investigation of the narrative genres of folklore which are contained in the recently published collection of stories “Tales of Old Taya”. The classification of all the texts is provided, an attempt of revealing their specificity with the consideration of the existing variants is made. Both the preservation of mythological motives and their loss in some plots are highlighted. Forms of the narrator’s presence in the texts through various types of comments are distinguished.