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Norouzi M, Eskandari M. Critique and Analysis of Alexander Pushkin's Tale The Dead Princess and the Seven Knights from the Perspective of Genette's Intertextuality. CFL 2024; 12 (58) :47-85
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1- Assistant professor, Department of Russian language, Allameh Tabatabai’ University, Tehran, Iran. , mah.norouzi@atu.ac.ir
2- Associate Professor, Department of Russian language, Allameh Tabatabai’ University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Associate Professor, Department of Russian language, Allameh Tabatabai’ University, Tehran, Iran.
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Alexander Pushkin, the renowned writer of the 19th century and the golden age of Russian literature, has presented original and unparalleled works to world literature with his unique literary style and language. In the present study, after elucidating the theory of intertextuality by Gerard Genette and considering the requirements of this theory and employing the method of content and thematic analysis along with comparative reading of narrative elements, the famous tale “The Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” by Alexander Pushkin, the illustrious poet of the 19th century Russia, has been scrutinized and critiqued. The analysis indicates that Pushkin's tale has intertextual relationships with numerous texts including three tales: “Sleeping Princess” by Vasily Zhukovsky, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by the Brothers Grimm, and “Sleeping Beauty” by Charles Perrault. In other words, it serves as an echo of its predecessors. The comparative critique and analysis of these tales, besides confirming structural and narrative similarities among them, suggests that they all share a common underlying theme despite their Russian adaptations: a beautiful girl cursed by envy or revenge falls into a deep sleep but is ultimately rescued and the tale ends happily. The intertextual relationships between the tales leave no doubt about their intertextuality for Pushkin's tale, although Pushkin, by adhering to Russian narrative traditions, has deviated from mere imitation and infused the Russian spirit into this tale.
Article Type: پژوهشی اصیل |
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Folklore literature
Received: 2024/04/2 | Accepted: 2024/07/20 | Published: 2024/09/22
Received: 2024/04/2 | Accepted: 2024/07/20 | Published: 2024/09/22
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