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Name: The reconsideration of fairy-tale motifs in the tale «Bakhariana» written in verse by M.M. Kheraskov

Authors: Tatiana A. Dragaykina

The State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Abstract: The paper covers the late, insufficiently studied work by one of the outstanding Russian literary men of the 18th century – the fairy tale «Bakhariana, or The Unknown» written in verse. The author retraces how organically M.M. Kheraskov makes use of a typically fairy-tale plot with adventures and transformations for an allegorical representation of spiritual self-perfection and moral regeneration of man.

Keywords: m.m. kheraskov, motif, allegory, fairy tale, epic poem, masonic literature

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