https://doi.org/10.55956/UIFF4938

Abstract. This article is devoted to the process of becoming a literary fairy tale. The article presents an overview of the fairy-tale genre in oral folk art, in written literature. The analysis of the genesis of the fairy-tale genre allowed the author to identify the distinctive features of a literary fairy tale, the ways of its development, changes in the figurative structure of a literary fairy tale in comparison with a folk tale. The author of the article proves that the fairy-tale genre, despite its ancient origin, does not lose its relevance to our time. The author analyzed in detail the origin of the fairy-tale genre, showed what was the reason for the birth of the literary fairy tale. The authors of the modern literary fairy tale retain certain common features of the fairy-tale genre, but at the same time they bring something new both to the figurative system and compositional design. Moreover, the genre of modern literary fairy tales is becoming more syncretic, here you can find elements of other genres of non-fabulous prose: legends, legends, epics.

Keywords: fairy tale, folklore, literary fairy tale, genesis, composition, figurative structure, aesthetic function, educational function.

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