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)4524Mythologem Descendant Negro as a Significant Element of the Myth of Pushkin in Literature of the XX-th CenturyShemetovaT GКафедра русской литературы ХХ в; Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова; Moscow State University-Moscow State University150120111354207092016Copyright © 2011,2011The article considers the myth of a descendant of the Negro as a structural unit of the Pushkin's myth. It is shown, how expansion of the maintenance of a myth in the XX-th century literature gradually removes the initial contrasts lying in its basis.mythologemPushkinPushkin's myth"a descendant of the Negro"мифологемаПушкинпушкинский миф«потомок негров»