A Comprehensive Analysis of the Reasons for the Inclusion of Folk Riddles in the Genre of English Fairy Tales

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of Russian Language and its Teaching Methods, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

2 Department of General Linguistics and Turkology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia

3 Department of Russian Language and Methods of its Teaching, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Abstract

The authors of the paper made an effort to provide a thorough examination of the rationale behind the incorporation of folk riddles into an English fairy tale, a more extensive form of folklore. The study looks at the main plot-forming motivations found in English fairy tales and evaluates the requirements for their inclusion in the story's text, including the motivation behind solving riddles. It has been shown that guessing frequently occurs in English fairy tales where a character needs to defend himself against an unfavorable action or, on the other hand, when someone wants to challenge themselves and turns to solving the riddle. Furthermore, it was discovered that the degree to which the guesser's initial presuppositions are actualized directly correlates with the guesser's success rate. This clause supports the notion that everyone who took part in the event had to be knowledgeable about a particular field in order for them to guess a riddle. This stance forms the foundation for the descriptive construction's potential disintegration. We frequently see the exact exclusion of the generality of presumption in English fairy tales, which makes it impossible to answer the given question. The problems with the denotation's secondary nomination are also covered in the article. It was discovered that the inclusion of the "good-evil" dichotomy is frequently the basis for the nomination in English fairy tales, which significantly broadens the scope of the inclusion of a potential denotation.

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics
Volume 14, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Applied Linguistics (ICRAL 2023), October 30, 2023, Kazan, Russia
October 2023
Pages 223-226

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