scholarly journals The Secret Life of the Cross-Cultural Fairy Tale: A Comparative Study of the Indonesian Folktale "Bawang Merah, Bawang Putih" and Three European Fairy Tales

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Sarah Donalson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Cross

scholarly journals The Cross-Cultural Invariance of the Servant Leadership Survey: A Comparative Study across Eight Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Van Dierendonck ◽  
Milton Sousa ◽  
Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir ◽  
Andrea Bobbio ◽  
Jari Hakanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Cross

Elder abuse research based on the analysis of Russian folk works as cross‐cultural communication

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Puchkov ◽  
Said Damzaev
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Violent Acts ◽  
The Subject

Non‐Russian readers of Russian fairy tales may find the stories disturbing and harsh, full of cruel and violent acts such as murders, robberies and other illegal actions. In Russia, however, many children grow up reading these fairy tales as part of an ordinary cultural upbringing. This article analyses the subject of elder abuse and disrespect of age as presented in Russian fairy tale works. On the basis of sociological research of the fairy tales, the author draws a conclusion about the prevalence of elder abuse and age discrimination portrayed in the analysed folk works.

scholarly journals Symbolism in the English and Russian fairy tale folklore: comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Kseniya Yur'evna Vavilova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Comparative Study

The subject of this research is the symbolism in the English and Russian fairytale tradition. The object is the texts of the Russian and English fairy tales. Analysis of the texts reveals the typical functions performed by symbols in both folklore traditions. The author provides the examples of symbols and offers the interpretation of objects-symbols, symbols-zoonyms, color and number symbols, time and space symbols. Comparative study of folklore heritage of non-cognate languages reveals the fundamental commonness of a particular folk genre of different peoples in their perspective upon reality, methods of depiction, and ideological interpretations. The scientific novelty consists in conclusions obtained in the comparative study of the symbolism of fairy tale texts in the Russian and British folklore, which is important for determination of linguistic, semiological and cultural universals. The comparative study of folklore material of two traditions in the sphere of the poetics of folklore reveals the traditional universals and unique features on the level of symbolism of the fairy tale genre. Within the framework of the article, the author analyzes the functionality of thematic, animalistic, color, spatial-temporal, and numerical symbols. The acquired results are underpinned by a large number of text examples.

scholarly journals The peculiarities of translating English and Chinese children's fairy tales into the Russian language

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 203-218
Author(s):  
Lola Bobodzhanova ◽  
Valeriia Alekseevna Kuznetcova
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Cultural Code ◽  
Cultural Dialogue ◽  
The Russian Language

This article is dedicated to the peculiarities of translating English and Chinese children's fairy-tales into the Russian language. Analysis is conducted on such key concepts as “children's fairy-tale”, “literary tale”, and “folklore tale”. The author examines the development stages of English literary tale and Chinese folk tale as independent genres. The main translation transformations used in translating English literary tales and Chinese folk tales into the Russian are explored. Special attention is given to the translation of fairy tales as a form of cross-cultural dialogue due to the fact that such works are loaded with the ethnic-cultural components. The conducted analysis reveals the major challenges face by the translators in dealing with fairy-tale literature. The conclusion is made that the translation of fairy-tale requires taking into account not only the unique genre as such, but also the ethnic-cultural distinctness of different linguistic cultures, foreign mentality, and cultural identity. The scientific novelty consists in the attempt to establish whether it is possible to achieve success in cultural adaptation of English literary tales and Chinese folk tales into the Russian language. The acquired results indicate that the major challenge in translation and cultural adaptation lies in conveyance of cultural uniqueness, as well as ethnic, historical and national flavor of the original texts; it is essential to remember that translation of children’s fairy tale is part of the process of cross-cultural communication, and the translator must become an intermediary of the dialogue of cultures. Fairy tales bear the cultural code of a particular ethnos, being the key to comprehension of the worldview of its representatives. It conveys the socially significant information, embeds moral values, illustrates ethnic-cultural peculiarities, and preserves cultural heritage.

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