Literary author's tale is probably one of the most popular genres of our time. Interest in such works is inexhaustible both among children and among their parents, and Russian fairy tale writers have made a worthy contribution to the common creative work. It should be remembered that a literary fairy tale differs from folklore in several ways. First of all, by the fact that she has a specific author. There are also differences in the way the material is conveyed and the authorâs clear position, the use of plots and images, suggesting that this genre has the right to complete independence.
Poetic tales of Pushkin
If you make a list of fairy tales by Russian writers, then it will take more than one sheet of paper. Moreover, creations were written not only in prose, but also in poetry. Here, A. Pushkin, who initially did not plan to compose children's works, can serve as a vivid example. But after a while the poetic creations âAbout Tsar Saltanâ, âAbout the Priest and His Worker Baldaâ, âAbout the Dead Princess and the Seven Knightsâ, âAbout the Golden Cockerelâ added to the list of fairy tales by Russian writers. A simple and figurative form of presentation, catchy images, vivid plots - all this is characteristic for the work of the great poet. And these works are still included in the treasury of children's literature.
List Continuation
The literary tales of the period under consideration include some other, no less famous. Russian fairy tale writers: Zhukovsky (âThe War of Mice and Frogsâ), Ershov (âThe Little Humpbacked Horseâ), Aksakov (âThe Scarlet Flowerâ) made a worthy contribution to the development of the genre. And the great collector of folklore and an interpreter of the Russian language, Dahl also wrote a certain number of fairy-tale works. Among them: "Crow", "Girl Snow Maiden", "About Woodpecker" and others. You can recall other tales of famous Russian writers: âWind and the Sunâ, âBlind Horseâ, âFox and the Goatâ by Ushinsky, âBlack Chicken, or Underground Residentsâ by Pogorelsky, âThe Frog-Travelerâ, âThe Tale of the Toad and the Roseâ Garshina, âThe Wild Landownerâ, âThe Wise Gudgeonâ by Saltykov-Shchedrin. Of course, this is not a complete list.
Russian fairy tale writers
Literary tales were written by Leo Tolstoy, Paustovsky, and Mamin-Sibiryak, and Gorky, and many others. Among the most outstanding works can be noted "Golden Key" by Tolstoy Alexei. The work was planned as a free retelling of "Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. But here is the case when the alteration surpassed the original - so many Russian-speaking critics evaluate the work of the writer. The wooden boy Pinocchio, familiar from childhood, won the hearts of young readers and their parents for a long time with his spontaneity and brave heart. We all remember Pinocchio's friends: Malvina, Artemon, Pierrot. And his enemies: the evil Karabas and the nasty Duremar, the cat Basilio and the fox Alice. Vivid images of the heroes are so peculiar and original, recognizable that, once you read Tolstoyâs work, you remember them all your next life.
Revolutionary tales
These include with confidence the creation of Yuri Olesha "Three Fat Men". In this tale, the author reveals the theme of the class struggle against the backdrop of such eternal values ââas friendship, mutual assistance; the characters of the heroes are distinguished by their courage and revolutionary impulse. And the work of Arkady Gaidar âMalchish-Kibalchishâ tells about the difficult period for the formation of the Soviet state - the civil war. The boy is a vivid, memorable symbol of that era of the struggle for revolutionary ideals. It is no coincidence that these images were subsequently used by other authors, for example, in the works of the sixties- age children's poet Joseph Kurlat, who revived the heroâs bright image in the fairy tale poem âSong of the Boy-Kibalchishâ.
Russian storytellers of the Soviet era
These authors include Yevgeny Schwartz, who gave literature such tales and plays as The Naked King and The Shadow, based on Andersen's works. And his original creations âDragonâ and âOrdinary Miracleâ (first forbidden for staging) were forever included in the treasury of Soviet literature.
Kornei Chukovskyâs fairy tales: âFly-Tsokotuhaâ, âMoidodyrâ, âBarmaleyâ, âAibolitâ, âCockroachâ can be attributed to the poetic works of the genre. To this day, they are the most widely read poetry tales in Russia for children of all ages. Instructive and impudent, brave and monstrous images and characters of the heroes of Chukovskyâs works are recognizable from the first lines. What about Marshakâs poems, but Harmsâs delightful work? And Zakhoder, Moritz and Kurlat? All cannot be listed in this rather short article.
Modern evolution of the genre
We can say that the genre of literary tales evolved from folklore, in a sense exploiting its plots and images of characters. So at present, many Russian fairy tale writers are evolving into science fiction writers, giving birth to good works in the fashionable fantasy style. These authors, probably, include Yemets, Gromyko, Lukyanenko, Fry, Oldie and many others. This is a worthy change for previous generations of authors of literary tales.