“Myth-Creation” and “Author’s Myth Creation”: Problem of Notions Differentiation
Journal: Philology Theory & Practice
Year: 2020

The article considers the terminological definition of the phenomena associated with literary implementation of mythological thinking patterns and mythological motives. Relying on the studies on myth criticism and mytho-poetics, the author identifies “terminological casus” conditioned by polysemanticism of the notions “mythologization” and “myth-creation”. The paper analyses modern literary critics’ attempts to overcome this “terminological difficulty”, justifies reasonability of introducing int