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Mariya V. Patrikeeva
A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Crimean War of 1853–1856 in the plots of Russian fables
Patrikeeva M.V. The Crimean War of 1853–1856 in the plots of Russian fables. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2021, vol. 27, № 3, pp. 102–106 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2021-27-3-102-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2021-27-3-102-106
УДК: 821.161.1.09''19''
Publish date: 2021-08-18
Annotation: The author of the article examines the reflection of the events of the Crimean War of 1853–1856 in the plots of Russian fables. The article analyses the system of characters, plot dominants of fables, demonstrates the possibilities of this genre in describing the military clash of Russia with hostile states. The author of the article points to a common task that unites the plots of the fables of different poets (it was obligatory to emphasise the confrontation between the sides of the military conflict), but at the same time considers the content and stylistic features of each fable separately. Noting the specificity of the fable genre of the period of the Crimean campaign of 1853–1856, the author of the article points out its connection with the traditions laid down in Russian literature by Ivan Krylov, which were reflected in the plot, stylistics and numerous allusions.
Keywords: Crimean War, Crimea, Russia, fable, allegory, images of beasts and birds, anthropological images
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Author's info: Mariya V. Patrikeeva, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, keriotika@gmail.ru