Myths and folklore in the picture of the world in the epoch of avant-garde: statement of the problem

The article considers the complex relationship of myth, folklore and literature in the context of consciousness and culture of avant-garde epoch. Much attention is paid to the theories of musicologists of those years that are compatible with the theory of synthesis of arts and the avant-garde painting. The author raises the question of myths and folklore penetration into the poetics of early XX century, highlights the connections of the aesthetic views of Esenin, Tsvetaeva, Malevich and folklore, its metaphysics and pre-genre formations. Comparative analysis of the principle of "synthesis of arts" and the interaction of myths and rituals within the folklore allows to look differently at the problem of folklorism in literature. The theory of Uspenskiy on the "fourth" dimension is in harmony with the poetic views of Tsvetaeva and such folklore phenomenon as obmiranie. In this regard, we can speak of the dialectical nature of the forms of myth and folklore in the poetics of the Avant-garde.