Artistic Features of Krylovʼs Fable “Titmouse”
The article analyzes the fable “Titmouse” - one of the Ivan Krylov’s earliest works. The innovative techniques of the fabulist are dicussed, as well as the connection of the plot, original, not borrowed, with folk proverbs, and the author’s striving for laconicism; the lexical and stylistic features of the fable are considered.