GENRE FEATURES OF “DAUGHTER OF THE TALE” BY LYDIA CHARSKAYA

An object of the article – a fairy tale of writer of the early twentieth century Lydia Charskoy « Daughter of the Tale». Scientific works about this work while absent. The purpose of the author of the article is to compare author’s and folklore fairy tales, define genre peculiarities of fairy tale by L. Charskaya. Such study must help to reveal the main patterns of development of genre literary fairy tales in the literature of the early twentieth century. Speech is about an era when creativity of neo-romantic and symbolist writers intensifies the author’s tendency to express himself as main goals art. With this is connected process of author’s departing from traditions of folklore fairy tales and amplification in their works to artistry, based on the tendency to individualization of the personage’s characters and of the author (expression of his individual concepts). The main method of research in the article is typological (author compares folklore and literature works, as well as images of the main characters of the work: their portrait, their attitude to those. who around them). Article author comes to the conclusion about the presence in the tale of L. Charskaya signs of her orientation for experience of folklore fairy tales. These are traditional plot motives (appearance of trouble as an incentive to start actions; wedding tests suitors; rivalry women’s characters and desire senior women – stepmothers – get rid of their daughter), a picture of space (forest and garden as isolated topos with their own laws), the presence of miracles. At the same time Charskaya a lot of attention gives to descriptions that _ distinguishes her piece of folklore fairy tales. And that even more importantly, actively refers to the allegory that does her a fairy tale not similar to folklore and brings it closer to such a genre as a parable.