"RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA" BY A. S. PUSHKIN: FOLKLORISTIC COMMENTARY. ON THE WAY OF RUSLAN: SONG THREE
Galieva Marianna Andreevna
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract. The article considers the poetics of "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by A. S. Pushkin in the light of the folk tradition. This article is a continuation of a folklore commentary made up to the first and second songs of the poem-tale. The third song is devoted to the initiatory way of Ruslan which should reach "captivating limit" in order to save Lyudmila. Much attention is paid to getting the ritual sword and the motif of death - cosmic rebirth.
Key words and phrases: миф, фольклор, литература, поэтика, Пушкин, мотив "смерти - космического вознесения", Мировая ось, myth, folklore, literature, poetics, Pushkin, motif of "death - cosmic ascension", World axis
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