(Neo)mythological Elements in the Modern Russian Prose (through the Example of “Surgeon” by Marina Stepnova)

The article deals with the method of neomythologization in the novel "Surgeon" by Marina Stepnova. Taking into account that neomythologizm is an important component in the modern socio-cultural ecumene and quite a complex concept, in the novel we analyze one segment of it -the creation and killing of "God" and divine position. The protagonist of the novel, a plastic surgeon Khripunov living in the 20th century, like Hassan-ibn-Sabbah, a monk of the 11th century, is a kind of "God" that in the text is shown through the light of narcissism and the desire to gain the power. At the structural level, the demiurge is the author per se who organizes the narratological whole of the two-side text.