Professor, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the
The art of rhetoric is divided into three types: epic, lyrical, and dramatic, while epic scale and reality are dominated by epic type motifs. The motifs combine to form a plot ring. Therefore, in order to know the essence of the content of a work of art, the plot, it is first necessary to know the parts that make it up, that is, the motifs. In every soul, this motif manifests itself in a unique way. This article deals with the plot of the works of the epic type, the interpretation of the motifs that make it up. The fact that the motifs in epic works consist of stable and unstable motifs is scientifically substantiated with the help of examples. Stable motifs have a strong place in the play; that it cannot be changed or dropped in the plot system, changes in stable motifs to the plot structure, influence the content and course of events; on the contrary, it is analyzed that unstable motifs do not have a strong place in the work, and that the change or omission of such motifs does not affect the plot of the work.
Literary type and genre, Folklore, Epic type and genre, Work of art, Structure of work of art, Motif, Plot, Stable motif, Unstable motif
