Typology of Folklore Texts about Emperor Alexander I and Napoleon Bonaparte
In the work, devoted to the problems of typology and interpretation of folklore texts, are considered the regularities of folklore and mythological and poetic comprehension of the historical reality, the specific historical events and persons: the Patriotic War of 1812, Alexander I and Napoleon Bonaparte. On the material of the non-fairy-tale narrative folklore (legends, stories), hagiography and certain types of folk tales, the author shows the ratio of external and internal forms of the folklore text, image and prototype, summarizes the value of the mythology and folklore associations in the creation of images of historical personalities. This problem is presented in the context of the topical issues of the study of folklore. The proposed methods of the analysis take into account the linguistic and psychological peculiarities of reflection of the folklore text. The article necessitates the two-hundred-year anniversary of the War of 1812 and is addressed to researchers of folklore and literature, historians, regional specialists, teachers and student-philologists. The article contributes into the solution of the problems of humanitarian education, adequate perception of the artistic text.