Myth-referred motifs in Lezghin fiction: the Eurasian discourse

The paper considered the topical issue of alterations incurred to myth-referred conceptions reflected in Lezghin fiction pieces in prose, and relation between one’s own ethno-specific identity and alien ethnic identities in the framework of the Eurasian (identity) perception of unique contributions of various ethnic groups into the cultural heritage. The main task the author set up is exploring a new paradigm of contemporary literature/ fiction once rooted in raising the actualized ethno-cultural selves, and intensifying the dialogue with the Russian and Western European literature/ fiction, while perceiving the specifics of reflecting the archaic and myth-referred conceptions in ethno-specific fiction pieces, and principles of introducing myth-referred elements into the wording. The study revealed in the samples of fiction pieces some fusion of ethno-cultural traditions proper for the Orient and West, as well as conventional stories and images newly interpreted by the contemporary Lezghin literature/ fiction.