YuganNataliaLeonidovna . Genre-Stylistic Originality of „Facts and Fables” by V.I. Dal

Object – Dal’s “Facts and Fables”; aim – genre-stylistic indication of originality of “Facts and Fables” as a single art unit; methods – historical and functional, textological, historico-comparative, linguostylistical, typological; novelty – for the first time genre – stylistic specificity of “Facts and Fables” is an object of research in literary criticism; results – the genre-stylistic specificity of individual texts and of “Facts and Fables” as a whole piece is characterised; the basis and principles of Dal’s work in the sphere of genre and style are defined; the role and place of series in writer’s artistic explorations and in historical and literary process of the 30ies of the 19th century is marked; the question of influence of the genre – stylistic novelty of “Facts and Fables” upon the literature of the 20th century is put; sphere of usage – course of studies on history of Russian literature in secondary school and higher educational establishment.