The monograph is devoted to the analysis of the narrative structure of Mongolian chronicles of the 17th-19th centuries, the literary traditions on which their authors relied, and the artistic means they used. A study of the stage-by-stage development of chronicles was carried out, elements of foreign cultural influences were identified, their relationship and role in the formation of Mongolian literature was shown.

Content:Chapter I. Archaic literary type and “nomad” substrate 19§ 1. Tribal history of the Mongols and the genealogical principle of text construction 19§ 2. Folklore plot and narrative elements 331. A cycle of motifs about the ancestor khan 362. The story of Genghis Khan 512.1. Khasar and Chinggis in the chronicles of Mergen-gegenai and Jamba-Dorji 573. Motifs of signs and omens, transformations and miraculous power 674. Motifs about the rivalry of khans and the salvation of the true heir 715. Stable age definitions 73§ 3. Style of oral folk art 811. Prosopoetic construction of the text 812 . Epic language 92Chapter II. Medieval Buddhist historiography and the Indo-Tibetan literary canon 99§ 1. Buddhist clerical history and structural changes in the annals 99§ 2. Buddhist motifs 1111. Buddhist historical myths 1241.1. Genghis Khan is the patron of Buddhism 125§ 3. Ornamental style 1311. New compositional and stylistic features: decorativeness 1312. New stylistic features in poetic fragments: regularity 143I. Language 152Introduction 5Chapter III. The formation of the author's principle in the Mongolian chronicles and the influence of Chinese literature on them 163§ 1. The structure of the Mongolian chronicles and Chinese dynastic chronicles 163§ 2. The author as a historian and writer 1801. Author: from compiler to historiographer and historian 1802. Author as editor and writer 1972.1. Narrative elements of Chinese origin 1972.2. Author as editor 2052.3. The author as a writer 214§ 3. Literary style 2221. Individual style 224 Conclusion 235 Bibliography 244 Index of names 257