ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПОЭТИКИ ЦИКЛА С. НУРДКВИСТА О ПЕТСОНЕ И ФИНДУСЕ
SPECIFIC POETICS OF SVEN NORDQVIST’S SERIES ABOUT PETTSON AND FINDUS

Summary/Abstract: The subject of study is the components of the poetics of a literary fairy tale, which is based on the folkloreand mythological tradition transformed through the creative consciousness of a Swedish writer Sven Nordqvist. The objectof the research is the children’s series about an elderly farmer Pettson and his cat Findus. The research novelty andthe relevance of the topic are, on the one hand, in the referral to the works that previously have not received suffi cientattention from researchers, and on the other hand – in the fact that Nurdqvist is a representative of Swedish children’sliterature and thereby continues the tradition laid down by Selma Lagerlöf and Astrid Lindgren. The study was carriedout using the genetic historical, biographical, and intertextual methods. As a result of the study, the author of the articleestablishes that Nurdqvist borrows the image of a magic assistant from fairy tales, endows it with the features of themythological trickster and subjects it to anthropomorphization. Such a transformation pursues not only an entertaining,but also a didactic goal: taking up all the owner’s free time, a magic cat helps him cope with loneliness.

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