Saltykov-Shchedrin: a list of fairy tales. Fabulous satire in the works of Saltykov-Shchedrin

In fairy tales Saltykov-Shchedrin combines folklore motifs and satiricall inherent in the entire literary work of Russian writer. Most of them created in the late period of creativity of the author. What works wrote Saltykov-Shchedrin? List of fairy tales and their brief analysis are presented in the article.

Social satire

To this genre appealed Saltykov-Shchedrin. List of fairy tales includes such works as “the history of the city”, “Modern idyll”, “abroad”. But they are fantastic motives.

It is no Coincidence that the writer often resorted to the fairy-tale genre in the eighties. In this period socio-political situation in Russia is so acute that the use of the satirical potential of the writer is increasingly difficult. Folkloric stories, characters who are often animals and other animals, became one of the ways to circumvent censorship.

Fiction & reality

That relied On in creating small works of Saltykov-Shchedrin? List of fairy tales – list of writings, each of which is based on folk art and satire in the spirit of Krylov's fables. In addition, the writer was influenced by the traditions of Western European romanticism. But despite borrowing various motifs, completely original in the genre are short works that are created Saltykov-Shchedrin.

List fairy tales

1. “hero”.
2. “Hound”.
3. “Wild landlord”.
4. ‘Lost conscience”.
5. “Wise piscary”.
6. “the Poor wolf”.
7. “Selfless hare”.
8. “Jelly”.
9. “Pony”.
10. “with its never-sleeping eye”.
11. “Idle talk".
12. “Liberal”.
13. “By the way”.
14. “the night of Christ”.

The Heroes

In the fabulous works of Saltykov-Shchedrin there are two forces, represented not without a hint of social inequality. One of them – the people. Second – this, of course, exploiting ordinary workers elements. People usually symbolized birds and defenseless animals. Idle, but the threat of the landowners represented the predators.

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In the above list, there are fairy tale “Pony”. In this work, the main image represents the Russian peasantry. Thanks to the work of Konyagi spikes of bread in the vast fields of the country. But this worker has no rights, no freedom. A lot of it is endless hard work.

A Generalized image of the Russian peasant is present in the work of ‘Wild landlord”. One of the most striking images in Russian literature of the nineteenth century is a simple humble worker – character, which is so often found reading short stories by Saltykov-Shchedrin. The list should be supplemented by the following works:

1. “Idle talk".
2. “Village on fire”
3. “the Raven-petitioner".
4. “a Christmas story”.
5. “an eagle patron of the arts”.