Sumarokov, Krylov, Trediakovsky: the fables of the authors reveal the same theme, but still completely different

Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, whose fables are written in simple and understandable language, created in the XVIII century. Comparison with the works of other fabulists of this era, you can identify some common features that allow to characterize each of the poets.

Fable attracted many writers

Speaking of such a genre as a fable, immediately recalled by well-known authors who gave the world many interesting works. Writers are such dissimilar people, but all of them were united by a passion for the allegorical genre. Each of them had similar works of this direction. But what was the same in their work, and what's the difference?

Trediakovsky and his style

VC. Trediakovsky fables did not write for entertainment: his constant experiments with the Russian language, versification did not pass for him in vain. He invented a variant of writing rhythmic smooth poems, showed what the role of stresses in verse. According to his book he studied to write M.V. Lomonosov, who went further than his teacher, who wrote a simple Russian word.

Write Vasily Kirillovich He was able, but in many ways imitated the Frenchman Lafontaine. The works belonging to his pen were very difficult to read because of the constructions rarely used in Russian. And this genre required simplicity and intelligibility. This is necessary so that the reader can easily catch the morality for which the works written in the lowest style were created.

Trediakovsky, whose fables relied on the tradition of ancient literature, used mainly high style and Old Slavonic words, such as: a voice, a song .

Sumarokov and his fables

Sumarokov - the most famous surname in the literary circles of the XVIII century. His fables gained incredible popularity. The number of works of this genre, written by his hand, reaches four hundred. His works are written in a living language, characters are recognizable, ridiculed vices are obvious.

Comparison of the fables of Trediakovsky, Sumarokov, Krylov occurs when studying this topic on literature in the fifth grade. In the fables of Vasily Kirillovich there are many words of Old Slavic origin, inversions. He put the main word at the very end of the poetic line. For example, "Uneat the cheese part happened." AP Sumarokov replenishes already fully mastered the genre of fables elements of native Russian speech. Ivan Andreevich Krylov writes his fables in a conversational style and with a figurative folk-poetic intonation. A lot of words with diminutive caressing suffixes are a vivid confirmation of this.

Similarity in creativity of fabulists

Unites the fabulists the disclosure of so-called "eternal" themes. How skillfully a flatterer can find an approach to any heart. What she (flattery) has unlimited power over listening to lying words.

The authors take on the same subjects, which become the main for their fables. Even choose similar characters, for example, you can analyze their three works:

• Sumarokov - "The Crow and the Fox";
• Trediakovsky - "The Crow and the Fox";
• Krylov - "The Crow and the Fox."

Raven and Crow, Fox and Fox. Only a small difference in the form of the selected bird makes the lines slightly unlike each other, although the basic idea is the same. The fables of all three fabulists are written on the stories of Lafontaine and Aesop.

The difference between the fables

What is the difference between the fables of Trediakovsky, Sumarokov, Krylov? Each author gives him only a characteristic interpretation of what is happening in the fable of the event. In the fables are found expression of the author's and life experience, the ideals of the people that existed during the creation of this or that fabulist. Krylov liked to create fables, in which he often identified himself with the main character. He looked at the world through the eyes of the Fox or Cat Vaska. The characters described in the works also differ: Aesop writes about the crow and meat, and Krylov talks about the Crow and the cheese. VK Trediakovsky, whose fables also describe what is happening in the animal world, in this case uses the Crow as the protagonist, and Sumarokov and Krylov have already developed this bird much later. Sumarokov does not have a clearly written morality, Krylov does.