THE ROLE OF MYTHOLOGY AND FAIRY TALES IN TATYANA TOLSTAYA'S NOVEL "THE SLYNX"
Keywords:
mythology, folklore, fairy tale, archetype, post-apocalypse, cultural degradation, mythopoetics, tradition, cultural memory, symbolAbstract
This paper analyzes the role of mythology and fairy-tale elements in the novel "Kys." The study examines the functioning of mythological and folkloric structures within the post-apocalyptic world depicted by the author, as well as their influence on the development of the work's artistic space and the characters' consciousness.Particular attention is paid to the process of transformation of traditional cultural forms: it is revealed that myth and fairy tale in the novel lose their original integrity and semantic content, turning into distorted and fragmented constructs. Phenomena such as the degradation of folklore, the loss of cultural memory, the destruction of archetypal models, and the changing functions of language are analyzed.
The work demonstrates that mythology in the work serves not only a cognitive but also a social function, becoming a tool for shaping and maintaining a certain type of thinking. Fairytale structures are deconstructed, reflecting the crisis of traditional notions of personal development and the path to truth.
The methodological basis of the study is the structural-semantic, intertextual, and cultural approaches. The theoretical foundation is drawn from works in the fields of mythology, folklore studies, and literary theory.
The study concludes that mythological and fairy-tale elements are key to understanding the novel's ideological content, reflecting the processes of cultural degradation and transformation of human consciousness.
Objective of the work:
The purpose of this work is to identify and analyze the role of mythological and folklore elements in the novel Kys, as well as to determine their significance in the formation of the artistic world of the work and the author's concept of man and society.
Object of study:
The object of the study is the text of the novel "Kys" by Tatyana Tolstaya
Subject of research:
The subject of the study is the mythological and fairy-tale motifs, images, structures and archetypes present in the work.
Research methods: structural-semantic analysis of the text, comparative-typological method, intertextual analysis, cultural approach, elements of mythopoetic analysis.
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