LIBRETTO OF THE OPERA THE MAGIC FLUTE BY W. A. MOZART IN THE GENRE OF FAIRY-TALE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
O. M. Plotnikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Fundamental Constant ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Semiotic Model ◽  
The World ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
First Time ◽  
Magic Flute

The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart occupies a special place in the treasury of the world musical art. The article for the first time explores the specifics of the embodiment of the genre model of the fairy-tale underlying the libretto. The reconstruction of its basic, static and dynamic elements is based on methodological approaches developed in the study of folk and literary fairy-tales. The analysis of the verbal text of the opera demonstrates: canonized set of personages that possess the definite semantic functions in the plot-syntagmatic line, invariant fairytale situations, typical parameters of the fairy-tale space-time continuum. In the semantics of the fairy-tale by W. A. Mozart the categories of paths (wanderings), trials, value indicators and the totemic rite of initiation acquire conceptual meaning. The plot line of the libretto, as well as of the fairy-tale, reflects the theme of marriage and family relations but in the cosmic foreshortening. The deep symbolic paradigm witnesses the mythical, cosmogonic gist of the fairy-tale plot. The semiotic model of the artistic world of the fairy-tale singspiel is organized by the binary oppositions of Light and Darkness. Darkness is metaphorically personified in the anthropomorphic image of the fundamental constant of being — Queen of the Night. The world of the sage Zarastro personifies Light. In the verbal artistic text of the opera the composer and the librettist exhibit deep and bright knowledge of the genre canons of the classical folk and literary fairy-tale and reflect the idea of the spiritual search of perfection in the world.

scholarly journals THE IRISH TALE BY SIDNEY OWENSON

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (79(1)) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
A.S. Bakalov ◽  
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N.E. Erofeeva ◽  
L.V. Kipnes ◽  
T.V. Malchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Irish History ◽  
National Tradition ◽  
The World ◽  
Irish People ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
First Time

The article for the first time considers the "Irish fairy tale" by S. Owenson as the kind of a literary fairy tale that has its own ideological-thematic specifics. The authors show that the novelist had a peculiar perception of the historical chronotope. She constantly talked about the present with an "eye" on the past, designated certain thesaurus keys in the form of an ancient legend, the Irish people, the names and surnames of the representatives of famous Irish clans. In the fairytale novels by Owenson a specific "Irish world" was formed as the world based on a national tradition based on Irish history, on historical reality in legends and fairy tales. In all the novels, the author introduces the reader to the world of legend, linking the heroic past of Ireland with the humiliated present of its indigenous population and not forgetting about the elements of the fantastic author's speculation "relying" for fairy tales. The thesaurus "freedom" becomes central to the aesthetics of the novelist, who seeks to understand her contemporaries through a historical cross-section, to show the world of the Irish people as a world full of goodness, peace, and loyalty to national traditions. The novel "The Wild Irish Girl: a National tale" (1806) is about it. The authors of the article for the first time acquaint the domestic reader with the fairy-tale novels "O'Donnell: a National Tale" (1814), "The O'Briens and the O'Flaherty: A National Tale” (1827) showing the real life of the Irish peasantry. The article contains the analysis of the novel "Florence Macarthy: an Irish Tale" (1818), which reflected the contradictions in the author's views and her doubts in the strength of the Irish spirit. The material of the Irish fairy-tale novels by S. Owenson is relevant, because it still raises socio-political questions concerning the independence of the Irish people and opens up for the researchers an undeservedly forgotten name of the famous Anglo-Irish authoress of the first half of the XIX century.

Grimm Legacies

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Zipes
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Brothers Grimm ◽  
Folk Tale ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Wilhelm Grimm

This book explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. The book reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world—the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance of stories emanating from an oral tradition, and encouraged friends, colleagues, and strangers to gather and share these tales. As a result, hundreds of thousands of wonderful folk and fairy tales poured into books throughout Europe and have kept coming. The book looks at the transformation of the Grimms' tales into children's literature, the Americanization of the tales, the “Grimm” aspects of contemporary tales, and the tales' utopian impulses. It shows that the Grimms were not the first scholars to turn their attention to folk tales, but were vital in expanding readership and setting the high standards for folk-tale collecting that continue through the current era. The book concludes with a look at contemporary adaptations of the tales and raises questions about authenticity, target audience, and consumerism. The book examines the lasting universal influence of two brothers and their collected tales on today's storytelling world.

scholarly journals THE IMAGE OF THE CROW IN THE GERMAN AND UZBEK PEOPLES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-100
Author(s):  
Akmal Akhmatovich Jumayev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Negative Images ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Qualities

Background. The article focuses on specific similarities of the peoples of the world in their views on the crow. Also in myths, in German and Uzbek fairy tales, the portrayal of the crow in positive and negative images was analysed comparatively. All folk tales lead to good. The same lesson is also reflected in the article on the educational significance of the two folk tales. Methods. Particular attention is paid to the fact that the peoples of the world have certain similarities in their views on the crow. The image of the Crow also moved to fairy tales based on Legends. Results. In the fairy tale, it is not explained why the hero became a crow. It is known that in fairy tales the evolution of children to different birds (often owl or crow) is described either because of some side work of their father, or because of his own senselessness. Discussions. In German fairy tales Interesting is that in “Die sieben Raben“ “The seven ravens”, “Die Rabe“ ‘The raven” fairy tales, a crow is not just an ordinary bird, but a symbol of children. In Uzbek fairy tales, the image of birds is focused on fostering such positive personal qualities as industriousness, honesty and friendliness.

scholarly journals Status of women in society in pre-islamic period

Adam alemi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (86) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
K. Bagasharov ◽  
R. Shaikenova ◽  
G. Tabashev ◽  
N. Tutinova
Keyword(s):  
Main Part ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ancient Civilizations ◽  
Status Of Women

The relevance of this study is related to the status of women in society in the pre-Islamic periiod. The introduction discusses the relevance of the work. This topic has been relevant since past times, and to this day it is just as relevant not only in individual regions, but throughout the world. Before writing the main part, a brief comparative analysis of the rights and position of women in ancient civilizations such as the Greek civilization, the kingdom of mana (Hinduism), Judaism and the Arab countries before the Islamic period was made. The main part was devoted to the consideration of women’s rights in marriage and family relations. In various social classes, the degree of women was low. The main goal is to reveal and not recognize the rights of women in society, marriage and family. In the pre-Islamic period, women had no rights in Arab society. In the period of ignorance of the Arabs, girls were buried alive. Islam also shows that women are also human and have the same rights as men. After analyzing the pre-Islamic period, in the final part, examples were given of immorality and ignorance towards a woman, and with the advent of true religions, all these actions were canceled, and the status of a woman was elevated.

scholarly journals Coronavirus as an (Anti)Hero of Fairy Tales and Guides for Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ((2) 18) ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Jolanta Karbowniczek ◽  
Beata Kucharska
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Emotional Sensitivity ◽  
Board Games ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning

Nowadays, preschool and school children develop, are raised, and learn in a new reality for them, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Including the assumptions of the connectivist paradigm as a novelty in the didactic activities of teachers, remote e-learning, computer games, board games, e-books, audiobooks, and multimedia programs fill free time and are becoming a way of learning and teaching in the digital age. The literary genre introducing children to the world of the contemporary threat of COVID 19 is the new fairy tale and therapeutic children’s story, thanks to which events and characters struggling with the prevailing pandemic around the world are presented. The purpose of the article is to analyze and interpret innovative proposals for e-books of fairy tales which explain to young children what the coronavirus pandemic is, how to guard against it, what is happening in Poland and around the world, how to behave, and what actions to take to prevent the spread of viruses. In their discussion, the authors emphasize the psychological, sociological, and therapeutic aspects of the presented content of fairy tales, which are most often related to experiences, emotional sensitivity, anxiety, a fear of something bad, an identification with the characters, and overcoming any difficulties in this situation which is trying for all.

The Irresistible Fairy Tale

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Zipes
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread—or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. This book presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold—and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, the book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation in an ever-growing variety of media. In making its case, the book considers a wide range of fascinating examples, including fairy tales told, collected, and written by women in the nineteenth century; Catherine Breillat's film adaptation of Perrault's “Bluebeard”; and contemporary fairy-tale drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs that critique canonical print versions. While we may never be able to fully explain fairy tales, this book provides a powerful theory of how and why they evolved—and why we still use them to make meaning of our lives.

Effects of Using Musical Fairy Tales in the Classroom: Action Research in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-70
Author(s):  
Aneta Rogalska-Marasińska
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Effective School ◽  
School Practice ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Trait

Abstract The paper concentrates on the problem of developing imagination understood as human trait and virtue. To realize the challenge educators have to face huge difficulties as a tendency to flatter the world and its inhabitants dominates and becomes more and more powerful. A musical fairy tale is presented as a valuable and effective school practice. From one side it refers to perennial human custom of listening, telling, and creating stories, fables, and sagas. They may base on real life or refer to imaginary situations. Thus creation may have various realizations, depending on personal knowledge, skills, life experience, cognitive horizon, individual interests and virtues. From the other side the idea of the fairy tale shown in the paper refers to the music and its uncountable possibilities of describing the world. Everything depends only on one’s imagination. The last part of the paper presents the effects of students’ work on musical fairy tales. Those students apart of being instrumentalists and vocalists of the Music Academy of Lodz, Poland plan to become music teachers in compulsory general education.

Stylistic and psychological analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s “Just So Stories”

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Psychological Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Poetic Texts ◽  
Listening And Speaking

The subject matter of the present paper is the linguo - stylistic and psychological analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s “Just So Stories” as emotional means to motivate children to study English as a foreign language. “Just So Stories” are tales for children, where the author tells how the world, surrounding the child, was created, why everything in this world is “just so”, answers the questions that children like to ask so much: “what and why and when and how and where and who?” For children, who are not adapted to studying, and who achieve information with the help of games, fairy tales in general and Kipling’s “Just so stories” in particular serve as a ground for not only developing the intellect, sense of humor and imagination of children, but also take away all boundaries in perceiving information in a foreign language and enhance interest towards the origin of familiar and unusual things. The knowledge, contained in tales is inmost and conveys great information about animals, people, the world they live in and the interrelation of everything in life. Fairy tales develop not only the imagination of children but also establish some kind of bridge between the fantasy and the real life. Fairy tale reading attracts children, increases the motivation of learning a foreign language. Tale has an impact on children’s emotional state: it reduces anxiety, fear and confusion and gives food for perception, empathy and communication with favorite heroes, creates a fairy atmosphere full of enthusiasm and joy. The importance of the fact that all "just so stories" end with a poem cannot be underestimated. Firstly, poems and chants are short, emotionally colored and easy to remember. Secondly, poetic texts are great materials for practicing rhythm, intonation of a foreign speech and for improving the pronunciation. And thirdly, multiple repetitions of foreign words and word combinations with the help of poems do not seem artificial. Accordingly, the use of poetry contributes to the development of different language skills, like reading, listening and speaking.

HISTORY OF STUDYING THE CONCEPT OF BINARITY IN MYTHOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-230
Author(s):  
T. Merkibayev ◽  
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A. Nurbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Cognitive System ◽  
Binary Structure ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The World ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Value Preferences

The article analyzes the existing ideas in linguistics about binary oppositions in mythological and folklore texts. The key characteristics of archetypal thinking that are reflected in such texts (descriptive and narrative) are clarified. A myth embodying an archaic vision of the world is considered as a cognitive system for folklore. The authors compare the scope of the concepts of mythologeme and archetype, which are the basis of mythological culture and folklore. The article systematizes and classifies the basic and particular oppositions that form the basis of the fairy-tale picture of the world. The problems of binarity and oppositionism are traditionally the mainstay of axiology, i.e. the field of human thought that operates with value preferences, and epistemology, which treats them as a methodological tool of reason. This study places the functioning of the binary structure in the sphere of ontology and uses the tools of tender Analytics.

scholarly journals C’era una volta un gufo: incanto e disincanto in The Brown Owl di Ford Madox Ford

2013 ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Rosanna Milano
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Ford Madox Ford ◽  
The World ◽  
Art For Art's Sake ◽  
Fairy Story

Although The Brown Owl was a successful fairy tale when first published in 1891, it has since been unjustly forgotten. The Brown Owl was Ford’s first work, written for his sister Juliet to reassure her after the saddest event of their life: their father’s death and the division of their family. The fairy story as Ford calls it, seems to follow the scheme of popular fairy tales but it was born out of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which Ford frequented in those years and carries most of the features of the late Victorian literary aestheticism. Art for art’s sake, irony, disenchantment, longing for evasion, are among them. Ford himself later belittled his fairy tales defining them as twaddle, but fairy tale motifs peep out throughout his prose and seem to play an important role in his view of the world.

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