RUSS 0090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intentionality, Apotheosis, Russian Fairy Tales
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Anne amundson: brought more stability, often uses tropes from popular fairy tales to reinforce his own personal power. 1. two types: folk a. a. i. oral tradition a. ii. collectively written and revised a. iii. gathered by folklorists and writers, especially during the. 1900"s b. literary b. i. created and written by a single author: famous collectors, perrault, grimms, etc, aleksandr afanas"ev (1826-1871) b. i. 1855-1867 published during the emancipation b. iii. denounced for radical associations fired and blacklisted b. iii. 1. b. iv. died in poverty. 9/2 lecture: baba yaga and koschey the deathless. Introductory statement: once there lived once upon a time etc: kontsovka b. i. Stylistic flourishes not tied to the tale itself b. iii. Way of taking a bow, drawing attention back to themselves: baba yaga, attributes: a. i. Flies around in mortar and pestle, brushing her tracks with a broom a. i. 1. Lives in a hut on chicken legs a. iv. a. v. May play matchmaker: koschey the deathless, also spelled koschei or kashchey , old, but ageless b. i.
