Russian fairy tale. Propp V.Ya.

“The versatility of the fairy tale, its universality, is as amazing as its immortality. This is because the fairy tale contains some eternal, unfading values. These values ​​will open before us gradually. In the meantime, I limit myself to indicating poetry, sincereness, the beauty and deep truth of the fairy tale, its fun, vitality, sparkling wit, on the combination of childhood naivety with deep wisdom and sober view of life, ”writes the enchanted author.

“Russian Fairy Tale”, not completed by the author, the manuscript largely generalizes the theses given in the two previous monographs, but also spreads them. The work classifies plots and characters, and also gives a wide historical context: how did the study of the fairy tale in Europe began? What path did it go in Russia? Who were the same fairy tales who retold the plots of the collectors known to us since childhood?