The tale of the Semrug in the novel “Zuleikha opens her eyes” by Guzel Yakhina: features of intertextual relations

The article examines the features of plot, compositional, figurative and lexical references between the novel “Zuleikha opens her eyes” by Guzel Yakhina and the insert tale about the bird Semrug. Meanwhile the tale text is considered separately, as an independent artistic unit. In the process of comparative analysis of these works, their numerous points of contact at various structural levels of the text are revealed. The conclusion is made about the importance of established intertextual connections in the disclosure of the ideological content of the novel.