FEATURES OF SATIRE AND HUMOR IN ARCHAIC STORIES AND FAIRY TALES

Abstract

The fairy tale, as one of the oldest genres of folklore that developed over many millennia of human society development, is of great interest as an artistic phenomenon that reflects many typical aspects of a certain historical reality, not only related to the early archaic period, but also to the late one, reflecting social and class conflicts. One of the features of fairy tales based on archaic motifs is the typification of the phenomena of a particular reality in a satirical way, which is especially evident in the plots depicting the hero’s struggle with fantastic characters. The purpose of the article is to identify ways and techniques of satirical depiction in the plots of fairy tales of archaic content, to show specific techniques of satire, to determine the nature and features of their content. The author uses the method of artistic analysis of the structure of fairy tales, its genre functions and stylistic features.