Beginning of a fairy tale, saying and ending

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The beginning of a fairy tale, a saying, an epic chant, a prayerful introduction, an ending - these are parts that are part of the structure of a folklore work. They should be distinguished from each other. The complex compositional construction of folk tales is not accidental. Each of the parts they contain plays a specific role.

What is a proverb

Most fairy tales, especially fairy tales, begin with a saying. Thanks to its existence, the listener is gradually immersed in a special world and thereby prepares for the perception of the entire literary work.

While reading or listening to a fairy tale, both a child and an adult in their imagination create the image of Bayun the cat, they see an island in the middle of the ocean, a mighty oak tree with golden chains and a mysterious chest on mighty branches rises on it, a city is seen in the distance from unknown kingdom-state.

A feature that distinguishes a saying: the beginning of a fairy tale, despite its small size (sometimes it is only a few words), is able to immediately immerse the reader in the world of magic and sorcery. And this is very important, because a person is set not only to enjoy what he read, but also to comprehend the deep folk wisdom, which is contained inthe content of the tale. And without a special attitude, this can be very difficult to achieve.

Very often the saying has a humorous character with elements of confusion, gibberish, confusion, word play. Thanks to this technique, it is possible to avoid excessive edification, but at the same time preserve the educational role of the work.

Starting functions

To fully understand what a beginning in a fairy tale is, you need to understand its purpose. It consists of performing several tasks at once:

• to introduce the reader to the main characters of the fairy tale;
• tell about the time of the described action;
• give an idea of the place where the events take place.

Young readers should understand that the beginning of a fairy tale is very important. Already at the very beginning of the work, you can get a lot of information, which in the future will help to fully understand the image of the characters, their characters and actions.

The beginning of a fairy tale will definitely indicate that the language of the work with which you will get acquainted is completely different from ordinary speech. An example of this can be the following expressions: "in a certain kingdom, in a certain state", "golden domes", "there is a tree", "a fairy tale affects", "sea-okiya" and many other "fabulous" words.

The beginning of fairy tales, their diversity

The beginnings of fairy tales and endings have a huge variety, they are distinguished by structure, language, semantic content. Only about 36% have a traditional startfolklore works. It is known to every person brought up on the traditions of Russian folk art. From early childhood, when a child is told a fairy tale, he hears such words: “Once upon a time…” In total, at least nine varieties of beginnings are used when presenting fairy tales.

Ending

"That's the end of the tale, and who listened - well done!" - the traditional form of the ending of many folk tales. In addition to the above example, at least five more options are known, with the help of which the storyteller can finish the story he has told. Knowing what the beginning is in a fairy tale and what it is used for, it is not difficult to guess for what purpose the ending is used. Fabulous actions must be brought to their logical conclusion. This helps to make a well-composed ending of the work. For example, a storyteller can end the story like this: “They live, they live and make good money!”, “It often happens!”, “They live, they chew bread!”. Sometimes the narrator may end the tale quite unexpectedly, but he must remember that the ending sums up everything that has been said.

Other features of the structure of a folklore work

A saying, the beginning of a fairy tale, its main part, the ending may contain repetitions. Each new repetition is somewhat different from the previous one, and thanks to this, the reader can guess how the whole story will end.

The verse parts naturally fit into the structure of folk tales, which gives the work musicality, tunesreader on a special poetic wave.

The verses used by the storyteller have their own characteristics. Of great interest to readers are fairy tales written entirely in such a verse. Literary people call it fantastic.

In the process of presenting the content of a fairy tale, the narrator sometimes has to not only speak, but even sing, since the characters often use this form of communication with each other. Suffice it to recall the fairy tales "Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka", "Cat, Rooster and Fox", "Wolf and Seven Kids" and others.

Onomatopoeia, a lively dialogue between the heroes of a fairy tale, epithets, comparisons, hyperbole make works of folk art bright and inimitable. After all, it is not for nothing that everyone loves Russian fairy tales, from young to old: folklore contains not only wisdom, but also the true beauty of the Russian word.