The historical roots of a fairy tale. Propp V.Ya.

Vladimir Yakovlevich PrPP-an outstanding domestic philologist, professor of Leningrad University, the founder of the comparative-typological method in folklore and one of the creators of the modern theory of text. For many years, he was engaged in the study of folklore, the study of the laws of its development, the establishment of the origins of well -known genres, plots, images and motives. The works of Vladimir Yakovlevich, dedicated to folklore, are considered a classic of philological science, among them: “Morphology of a fairy tale”, “Historical roots of a fairy tale”, “Russian heroic epic” and others.

In his fundamental work “Historical Roots of a fairy tale”, Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp comprehensively explores a fairy tale, finds out how he himself formulated in the goals of work, “the sources of a fairy tale in historical reality” and shows exactly how archetypes are realized , various attitudes and meanings in the text of the fairy tale and its structure. This book will help the reader find out what is hidden in all his favorite magical fairy tales, what Baba Yaga, Koschey, Horse and Snakes are in their various variations, how the totemic rituals of initiation and much, much more are realized in fairy tales.

Despite the depth of thought of the author, the book is read quite easily, it will give great pleasure to both an inexperienced reader and a professional philologist.