Transformation of biblical, mythological and folklore models in “Three fairy tales of the winged, three-headed, fire-breathing Serpent” by Radiy Pogodin
The contemporary fairy tale continues the traditions of previous fairy tales to bring good, teach and entertain, but already through the transformation of biblical, mythological and folklore models, the prism of the author’s experience and his life position. We propose a new look at the mythopoetic space of “Three fairy tales of the winged, three-headed, fire-breathing Serpent” by Radiy Pogodin (1989) through their holistic analysis, revealing their mythopoetic specificity and artistic originality. Comprehension of archetypal plot features, work mythological subtext, characters system in fairy tales, their intertextual connections make it possible to reveal the deep content layers of the work under consideration. Fairy tales filled with mythological archaics easily incorporate modern realities, so that the artistic world of R. Pogodin’s literary fairy tales is a unity of ancient archetypal models with renewing, sometimes acutely relevant motives. The system of mythologemes and binary oppositions, mythological allegories and allusions form the author’s world model. Mythopoetic plot sketches and archetypal prototypes largely determine the semantic polysemy and artistic complexity of R. Pogodin’s fairy tales. R. Pogodin’s work, being a descendant of a folk tale, continues and develops its genre features, forcing us to perceive a fairytale miracle as a part of our life in its everyday details and details. The central fabulous image - the Serpent, due to its many-sidedness and ambiguity, becomes the embodiment of biblical, folklore and mythological motives, forcing a person to direct his gaze into the depths of his soul. The semantic ambiguity and artistic complexity of the work allows us to assume its appeal to a readership of different ages.