A fairy tale is the main genre of folklore. People get to know them from childhood. The main function of fairy tales is educational, because they teach good, selflessness, altruism.
The history of Russian folklore has a large number of fairy tales. Many of them exist in several versions.
Fairy tale and its genre variations
Tales can be different. The main classification divides them as follows:
1. The tale of animals. The main characters and characters are animals. In Russian literature, every animal is an allegory of some human quality. For example, a fox personifies cunning, a hare - cowardice, etc.
2. A fairy tale. It has a fairly complex composition. The beginning of such a tale, as a rule, is the beginning. In a fairy tale, this is an indispensable condition that expresses morality, the main idea and idea.
3. A short story. A hero is a person who does amazing things. Only if in fairy tales the hero is helped by magical objects or unusual animals, then in the novelistic character does the character use only his mind.
4. Household tale. She talks about human life in the ordinary world without magic.
Each fairy tale begins in its own way. The beginnings of Russian fairy tales deserve much attention, however, before considering them, you need to get acquainted with the structural elements of a traditional fairy tale.
Fairy tale structure
The tale begins with a beginning. After it, the main events begin. The hero finds himself in an unusual situation. Then the ups and downs take place in the tale - actions. Heroes intersect with each other. The most crucial moment is coming - the climax. After the climax, there is a recession of events, and subsequently - the denouement.
This is the structure of ordinary history.
A little bit about the conception
The reason for the tale is the beginning of the tale. It can be short (consist of one sentence), or it can be a whole paragraph long. Zachin introduces the reader to a fairy tale story. He gives initial information about the characters, for example, "there lived a peasant."
The reason for the tale is a small digression that sets the tone for the narrative. The main goals of the conception:
1. To attract the attention of listeners. The reasons for Russian folk tales can be a proverb or saying. The reader or listener becomes interested in how this tale is related to the proposal indicated in the reason.
2. Set the tone for the story. Zachin often determines the genre of the work. A similar technique was used by Russian classics, for example, Saltykov-Shchedrin begins the tale "The Wise Gudgeon" with the words: "Once upon a time there was a gudgeon."
Thus, the conception is the basic structural unit of a fairy tale, which sets the reader to read the work and determines the genre originality.
The reasons for Russian fairy tales
It is difficult to find a person who could not remember at least one reason. This is the main part in a fairy tale, therefore it is difficult to do without it.
Most tales begin with the words "lived-were ...", "lived-was ...". The features of this conception is the repeated repetition of cognate words.
No less famous are the beginnings of Russian folk tales, starting with the words "in a certain kingdom, in a certain state ...". A similar pretext is "in the kingdom of far distant, in the kingdom of thirties ...". Such introductions are peculiar to fairy tales.
Sometimes fairy tales are opened with sayings with the word “beginnings”, for example, “beginnings make a thing beautiful” or “every cause has a beginning, every tale - a start”. After such an introduction, the story itself begins directly.
Thus, we can draw the following conclusion: the conception is a special beginning of the tale, characteristic of the works of Russian folklore. It can act either as an element of the composition of a fairy tale, or carry a certain semantic load.