LINGUISTIC NATURE AND FUNCTIONING PECULARITIES OF THE STYLISTIC DEVICE OF “METAMORPHOSIS”: BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF SELKUP PROSE FOLKLORE AND WORLD MYTHOLOGY

The paper deals with the stylistic device of “metamorphosis” and its functioning peculiarities in Selkup fairy tales and world mythology. During the analysis of folk and mythological plots the author determines the ways, reasons, character and motives of metamorphoses that happen with the characters...

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Main Author: A. V. Tereshchenko
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Kemerovo State University 2014
Subjects:
metamorphosis
stylistic device
the selkup language
selkup fairy tales
world mythology
folklore
transformation
plot
motive
History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
DK1-4735
Psychology
BF1-990
Selkup
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3122bc4533d54778be186a172d1c0075
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Summary:The paper deals with the stylistic device of “metamorphosis” and its functioning peculiarities in Selkup fairy tales and world mythology. During the analysis of folk and mythological plots the author determines the ways, reasons, character and motives of metamorphoses that happen with the characters. Metamorphoses that lead to the creation of animate as well as inanimate (toponyms, landscape parts) objects are considered. The modern interpretation of metamorphosis in the world literary tradition is analyzed.

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