just discuss Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy's fables no sense.As such fables he did not write, he translated.Even though it is not important, because to him this was done and achieved many successes, such as Krylov, Pushkin, Dmitriev, Lafontaine.Strangely, at first glance, to begin what you have to do more than once.But the purpose of Tolstoy was different, we can say holy.Thanks to his work, and fables including several generations of our country has learned to read.The famous "ABC" was created to help ordinary children from peasant families to master literacy and mother tongue.
Stories Aesop for "ABC"
Consider Tolstoy's fables without the famous textbook is not quite a good idea, in fact engaged in translation of ancient Greek fable writer, who lived in the VI century BC.e., it is for "ABC", processing the images to a level where the kids will not be difficult to understand.By the way, the work of Aesop, written two thousand years ago, there were not poetic, as set out in simple language.And most importantly, relevant to the present day, is not it?
material for children's reading
educated school for peasant children in Yasnaya Polyana needed a tutorial.Tolstoy spent a great job on studying existing material before it saw the light of "textbook".They decided to include in the "ABC" of Aesop's work in the form of reading material.Translated many fables Tolstoy called paradigmatic for maximum proximity to the original.Some works he reworked in a new way in order to bring the images to the existing at the moment of reality for easier perception.
concept
Leo Tolstoy's fables are very different from transfers made by other venerable authors tried not to overload the product with unnecessary details.Brevity - the main thing.He wanted to make this kind of creation more like proverbs, were simple and easy to digest.Creating a small instructive comedy with a clear conclusion - that its purpose.
"ABC" and fables
In 1872 he published a "ABC", and together with it and fables Tolstoy.In fairness, I would like to say that unlike the rest of his work fables never published separately, but only as reading material as part of the tutorial.He arranged them in ascending order of difficulty of perception, that is, first came light, and ends the book complex instructive stories.
story-fable (Tolstoy)
«Belka and the Wolf" - is not a translation but his own.It has the character of an instructive and, unlike the works of other writers has no clearly defined morality.The familiar fable "The Crow and the Fox" in his interpretation is quite different: it is coveted for meat in the beak of a crow, not the cheese, so naturally, and most importantly, it is written in Aesop."Ant and the Grasshopper" in its edition of the product is not as colorful as after treatment Krylov, in whose hands the story became incredibly eloquent."The Lion and the Mouse" - an example of brevity of expression."The Wolf and the Crane", "thin thread", "The Tortoise and the Eagle" ... the list is endless.In total, for children Tolstoy was written 629 works.Among them were the tales and short stories, and essays.
