title: Folklore motifs in the genre of Russian military spy novel
abstract: INTRODUCTION . An attempt is made to understand the genre dominants of the military spy novel by identifying folklore motifs within it as specific formulas for identifying the national cultural code, which contribute to the construction of the Russian military spy novel. The development and growth of the military spy novel genre occurred during the rise of interest in mass literature. Therefore, when considering the genre dominants of the military spy novel, attention is focused not only on the 
journal: Neophilology