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Белетристика за деца и народната приказка (Опит за типологическа съпоставка)
Children’s Fiction and the Folk Tale. An Attempt at a Typological Comparison

Author(s): Margarita Slavova
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН

Summary/Abstract: In the artistic system of Children’s fiction the folk tale is built in as a deep structure. Led by the child aspect, writers of children’s stories use the symbols and the morphological model of the folk fairy tale. The latter influences the imagery as well as the narrative of the fantasy stories for children. Furthermore, the folk fairy tale has been transformed into a universal genre and a structural model for children’s fiction as a whole. Because of the common principles employed, structure in children’s fiction is typologically similar with the fairy tale structure.

  • Issue Year: XVI/1990
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 58-65
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian