“Migration” of folkloric borrowings and stylizations from the novel by Melnikov-Pechersky “On the mountains” into science and culture
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-5294-2019-2-4-107-129
Abstract
The article describes particular cases of migration of folkloric borrowings and stylizations from an author`s literary text into the ethnographic and local history literature, encyclopedias and dictionaries. It demonstrates typical routes of such migrations, depending on the genre of the borrowed material and the kind of stylization. For example, small genres of folklore, having been processed by the writer, turn into material for folklore studies through various collections, encyclopedias and dictionaries. Invented legends migrate in a longer way. Through the local history literature, media and guided tours, they first become a part of collective local knowledge, and then they become the research material for folklorists and urban anthropologists. At the same time, fragments of a literary text, stylized as an ethnographic essay, are sometimes used by ethnography directly, as authentic material, or cited by educational literature on folk culture. In that respect, the perception of an ethnographic novel is a special case of cognitive confusion in the distinction between fictional and documentary. Therefore, that genre is an inexhaustible source of pseudo-folklore material for ethnographers and local historians.
About the Author
A. A. Kurochkina
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. of Sci. (Philology)
bld. 23, Gagarin Av., Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
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Kurochkina A.A. “Migration” of folkloric borrowings and stylizations from the novel by Melnikov-Pechersky “On the mountains” into science and culture. Folklore: Structure, Typology, Semiotics. 2019;2(4):107-129. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-5294-2019-2-4-107-129
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