Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, whose fables are written in simple and understandable language, worked in the 18th century. Having made a comparison with the works of other fabulists of this era, we can identify some common features that allow us to characterize each of the poets.
The fable attracted many writers
Speaking of such a genre as a fable, well-known authors who gave the world many interesting works are immediately remembered. Writers are such dissimilar people, but all of them were united by a passion for the allegorical genre. Each of them had similar works in this direction. But what was the same in their work, and what is the difference?
Trediakovsky and his style
VK. The Trediakovsky fable was not written for entertainment: his constant experiments with the Russian language and versification were not in vain for him. He invented a variant of writing smooth rhythmic verses, showed what the role of stresses in a verse is. According to his book, he learned to write M.V. Lomonosov, who went further than his teacher, who wrote in a simple Russian word.
To write Vasily Kirillovich He knew how, but in many ways imitated the Frenchman Lafontaine. Works belonging to his pen were very difficult to read because of designs rarely used in Russian. And such a genre required simplicity and intelligibility. This is necessary so that the reader can easily grasp the morality, for the sake of which the works written in the lowest style were created.
Trediakovsky, whose fables were based on the tradition of ancient literature, used mainly high style and Old Slavonic words, such as: voice, song .
Sumarokov and his fables
Sumarokov is a famous surname in the literary circles of the 18th century. His fables have gained incredible popularity. The number of works of this genre, written by his hand, reaches four hundred. His works are written in living language, the characters are recognizable, ridiculed vices are obvious.
A comparison of the fables of Trediakovsky, Sumarokov, Krylov occurs when studying this topic in literature in the fifth grade. In the fables of Vasily Kirillovich there are many words of Old Slavonic origin, inversions. He put the main word at the very end of the poetic line. For example, "Take away the cheese piece happened." A.P. Sumarokov replenishes the genre of fable that he has already fully mastered with elements of his native Russian speech. Ivan Andreevich Krylov writes his fables in a conversational style and with figurative folk poetic intonation. Many words with diminutive suffixes are a vivid confirmation of this.
Similarities in the work of fabulists
Unites fabulists unification of the so-called "eternal" topics. How masterfully a flatterer can find an approach to any heart. What she (flattery) has unlimited power over the listening false words.
Authors undertake the same stories that become central to their fables. They even choose similar characters, for example, you can analyze three of their works:
- Sumarokov - "The Crow and the Fox";
- Trediakovsky - "Raven and the Fox";
- Krylov - "The Crow and the Fox."
Raven and Crow, Fox and Fox. Only a small difference in the form of the selected bird makes the lines a little different from each other, although the main idea is the same. The fables of all three fabulists are written on the plots of Lafontaine and Aesop.
Fable distinction
What is the difference between the fables of Trediakovsky, Sumarokov, Krylov? Each author gives only him a characteristic interpretation of what is happening in the fable of the event. In fables, author's and life experience, the ideals of the people that existed during the work of a fabulist, find expression. Krylov loved to create fables, in which he often identified himself with the main character. He looked at the world through the eyes of the Fox or Cat Vaska. The heroes described in the works also differ: Aesop writes about raven and meat, and Krylov talks about Raven and cheese. V.K. Trediakovsky, whose fables also describe what is happening as if in the animal world, in this case uses Voron as the main character, and Sumarokov and Krylov had this bird much later. Sumarokov has no clearly written morality; Krylov has one.