Mongolo-tibeto-tyurkskiy epos

Rassmotren epos nekotorykh mongol'skikh, tibetskogo i tyurkskikh narodov, a imenno, buryatov, mongolov, kalmykov, tibettsev, yakutov, evenkov, tuvintsev, altaytsev, khakasov, khantov, nivkhov, shortsev. Dana obshchaya kharakteristika epicheskikh proizvedeniy, rassmotreny ikh vzaimootnosheniya, skhodstvo i otlichiya, osnovnye syuzhetnye linii. Predprinyata popytka vvesti v nauchnyy oborot raboty poslednikh let, a takzhe raboty molodykh issledovateley. Korni vzaimodeystviya elementov epicheskoy arkhaiki v rassmotrennykh eposakh sleduet iskat' v nekogda edinom etnokul'turnom prostranstve, opredelennoy obshchnosti istoricheskikh, sotsial'nykh, kul'turnykh, religioznykh, yazykovykh faktorov, no ne poslednyuyu rol' igrayut tipologicheskoe skhodstvo v kul'ture ne tesno kontaktiruyushchikh mezhdu soboy narodov, udalennykh drug ot druga na opredelennye rasstoyaniya. Kniga adresovana fol'kloristam, kul'turologam, literaturovedam, etnografam, a takzhe vsem, kto interesuetsya dukhovnoy kul'turoy narodov.