Ivan Krylov was treated kindly by the authorities and the public's attention during his lifetime.By the time of his death in 1844 in the Russian fabulist the book came out in the amount of 77 000 copies.He received the award and a generous pension from the king, his birthday in 1838, turned into a big national holiday under the patronage of the emperor.
Russian writers called Lafontaine.Truth in this, of course, was: of the 200 he created a lot of fables written based on the works of Aesop and La Fontaine.But the core of many works is an original story.For readers of the XIX century, these poetic parables were interesting not only a satire and a good Russian language, but also the fact that ridiculed events and people (including VIPs), which were contemporaries of readers.It was something like a parody, which today create humor.
But Russian creations Lafontaine affect problems that are typical for our time: bribery, bureaucracy, laziness, arrogance, greed, and other vices are flourishing today.But even if the reader to think that he does not know or does not like this writer - he is mistaken, because the sayings of Krylov's fables have long been part of the active vocabulary of almost any English-speaking person.
Angry at the child, who does not want to fulfill our requirements, we bitterly exclaim: "A Vaska listens so eat!" Found a simple solution to the problem seem complicated, quips, "A casket just opened!" Noting that some business is not movingoff the ground, sighed: "But things are there."In telling his friends about a frantic pace of modern life, lament: "cooler like a squirrel in a cage."Sometimes amused us any couple of officials to bow and scrape to each other, and we sarcastically commenting: "The cuckoo praises the cock because he praises the cuckoo."
Sometimes we are not very accurate quote sayings of Krylov's fables, and use them in part or slightly modified.Those who can not agree among themselves, compare with the Swan, Cancer and Pike fable of the same name.Not the place provided by any help will be called "disservice."Note fussiness, excessive talkativeness person when referring to sensitive topics and mentally "prozreem": "And the stigma of something in his gun!" Seen after a long search, a large object lying in a prominent place, rassmeemsya: "Elephant, I had not noticed!"A kitten, which is trying in vain to catch the goldfish swimming in an aquarium, it is safe say:" What, Ginger, the eye sees and the tooth itching? ยป
Sometimes we do not know who owns the well-known phrases and images.We think that such common nouns characters and expressions have always existed.However, their origin, they are required to complete this, lazy and careless person who is only your creativity treated seriously and thoughtfully, endlessly perfecting every little masterpiece.Aphorisms of Krylov's fables in the past 200 years have been an integral part of the Russian language.
way, literary critics and other readers always seemed that Ivan A. - a purely domestic phenomenon, which can not be without prejudice to the contents transferred to a foreign soil.Meanwhile, in Britain it is still the most translated Russian poet of XIX century.How to translate the English sayings of Krylov's fables, in fact, have become idioms - is a topic for a separate study.
So in one of the long winter evenings can be read and volume of works of Russian Lafontaine - without prejudice, and with gratitude.
