Літаратурна-міфалагічныя партрэты: героі і архетыпы ў народных і мастацкіх паданнях Беларусі ды Іспаніі
Literary and Mythological Portraits: Characters and Archetypes in Popular and Original Legends of Belarus and Spain

Summary/Abstract: Our article explores the general features of folk and literary legends in whichthe characters perform the main formal, narrative and symbolic functions. We divided said characters into two groups according to the classification of J. CaroBaroja: on the one hand, we considered examples when real or fictional historicalcharacters appear (Lady Godiva, Napoleon Bonaparte); on the other hand, we tookinto account some archetypes of characters of no historical significance (bandit,witch, Jew). Based on these examples, we began a comparative study of this typeof legends in Spanish and Belarusian literature, both in folk prose and in authorialfiction, which is reflected in the works of Jan Barščeŭski and Gustavo AdolfoBécquer.

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