RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-9247Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1901710.22363/2312-9220-2018-23-3-284-292Research ArticleMOTIVES OF CRIME, GUILT AND PUNISHMENT IN SH. IDIYATULLIN’S NOVEL “THE CITY OF BREZHNEV”KolyadichTatiana Michailovna<p>Doctor of Philology, professor of the Department of Russian Literature, Institute of Philology, Moscow Pedagogical State University</p>kolyadich53@mail.ruMoscow State Pedagogical University1512201823328429214082018Copyright © 2018, Kolyadich T.M.2018<p>This paper considers the peculiarities of the motifs structure in the novel of Sh. lduatulin Gorod Brezhnev THE CITY OF BREZHNEV. An assumption is made that the dominating motives are the motives of the crime, guilt and punishment, which are solved by the peculiarities of the language, comparative characteristics, dialog. The main supposition is linked with the suggestion that the authors view is not dominating, the plot is defined by the subject views of the heroes, which have their own voices in the narrative, which is constructed from the episodes. Thus Sh. lduatullin solves his task linked with the representation of the motives.</p>structuremotiveherosituationlanguage peculiaritiesdialoginternal monologueструктурамотивгеройситуацияречевые особенностидиалогвнутренний монолог[Archer Dzh., Djokers L.P. Kod bestsellera [The Bestseller Code]. M.: Colibri; Azbuka-Atticus, 2017. 256 p.][ldiuatulin Sh. Gorod Brezhnev [The city of Brezhnev]. M.: Azbuka, 2017. 680 p.][Krasilnikov P.L. Tanatologicheskie motivy v hudozhestvennoj literature [Tanatologigal Motive in fiction]. M.: Isiki slavonic literature, 2015. 488 p.][Sukhih I.I. Struktura i smysl: teoriya literatury dlya vsekh [The Structure and the Meaning. The Theory for Everybody]. M.: Azbuka, 2016. 544 p.]