СЕМАНТИЧЕСКИЕ И СТРУКТУРНО-КОМПОЗИЦИОННЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ЗАГАДОК КНИГИ «СТО И ОДНА ЗАГАДКА»
SEMANTIC, STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITE FEATURES OF THE RIDDLES FROM THE BOOK “ A HUNDRED AND ONE RIDDLE”

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with the study of poetic literary riddles of the XVIII century. The poetic literary riddles in focus are analyzedfor the first time. They were published by an anonymous author in the book “One hundred and one riddle” in 1790. The artisticfeatures inherent to this enigmatic genre in Russian poetry are described. The author provides detailed characteristics of the methodsused to create an enigmatic image. A thematic classification of riddles (cosmogonic, philosophical-symbolic, anthropological,animalistic and ethological) as well as classification of riddles by the type of the original description (attributive, relational andattribute-relational judgments) are provided. The subject-object and subject-address structure of enigmatic texts is considered. Thesemantic and structural-composition features of riddles indicate that the poet was guided by special pedagogical principles, placinga particular emphasis on the cognitive-heuristic function of the poems in focus.

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