Summary Saltykov-Shchedrin, fairy tales: the year of creation, the ideological content

In this article, there is no way to consider all of the "fabulous" legacy of ME. Saltykov-Shchedrin. Therefore, only the most famous "fairy-tale" works of the author of the work "The Lord of Golovlyov" will be analyzed and retell.

The list is as follows:

• "A Tale of How One Man Spent the Two Generals" (1869).
• "Wild landowner" (1869).
• "The Wise Pisar" (1883).

"The tale of how one man fed the two generals" (1869)

The plot is simple: two generals magically landed on an uninhabited island. At first they did nothing, but then they were hungry, and the need drove them to reconnoitre. The generals discovered that the island is rich in all sorts of gifts: vegetables, fruits, and beasts. But, since they have served all their lives in offices and have not known anything other than "please register", they do not care whether they have these gifts or not. Suddenly one of the generals suggested: probably, somewhere on the island a peasant is lying around a tree without work. Their general task is to find him and get him to work. No sooner said than done. And so it happened. The generals harnessed the muzhik like a horse to work, and he hunted for them, tearing fruit from the trees for them. Then the generals got tired and forced the peasant to build a boat for them and drag them back to their native penates. So the peasant did, and received for this "generous" reward, which he gratefully accepted and departed back to his own island. This is the summary. Saltykov-Shchedrin tales wrote inspired.

Ideological content

Here everything is simple. M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin ridicules the ignorance of the Russian elite of that time. Generals in the fairy tale impassable and stupid and helpless, but at the same time arrogant, arrogant and absolutely do not appreciate people. The image of the "Russian peasant", on the contrary, is written out by Shchedrin with special love. An ordinary man of the 19th century in the image of the author is ingenious, savvy, he knows how and can, but he is not proud of himself at all. In a word, the ideal person. This is a summary. Saltykov-Shchedrin tales created ideological, even you can say ideological.

"Wild landowner" (1869)

The first and second fairy tale considered in this article coincide with the years of publication. And it's no accident, because they have a similar theme. The plot of this story is completely customary for Shchedrin and because it's absurd: the landowner was tired of his peasants, he considered that they spoil his air and his land. The master was literally distraught on the basis of property and all prayed to God that he would save him from the "smelly" muzhik. The peasants, too, were not too sweet to serve with such a strange landowner, and they prayed to God that he would save them from such a life. God took pity on the peasants and wiped them off the face of the landowners.

At first the landowner went well, but then he began to run out of food and water, and he became more and more wild every day. It is also curious that at first the guests came to him and praised him when they learned how he famously got rid of this hateful "peasant's smell" in the air. One trouble: with the peasant all the food was gone from home. No, the peasant did not rob a man. It's just that the Russian aristocrat is by nature unpractical and does not know how.

The landlord was increasingly wild, and the surrounding area was increasingly deserted without a peasant. But then a school of men flew over it and landed its landing party on this land. Once again there were products, again life went, as it should.

By that time, the landlord had gone into the woods. Even the forest animals condemned the expulsion of the landowner's muzhik. So it goes. All ended well. The landowner was caught in the woods, cut and even taught again using a handkerchief, but he still missed the will. Life in the estate oppressed him now. So you can finish the short content. Saltykov-Shchedrin tales created truthful and filled with moral meaning.

The ideological content of the tale

It almost coincides with the previous tale of two generals. The only thing that seems interesting is the longing of the landowner at will, through the forests. Apparently, according to the author of the work, the landlords themselves unconsciously suffered from the loss of the meaning of life.

"The Wisest Scribe" (1883)

Piskar tells his story. His parents lived a long life and died their own death (a big rarity among small fish). And all because they were very careful. The hero's father told him a lot of times about his story, how he nearly fell into his ear, and only a miracle saved him. Under the influence of these stories, our piskar snatches himself a mink somewhere and always hides there at the rate of "whatever happens." It is chosen only at night, when the least probability is to be eaten. So he lives. Until he gets old and dies, most likely, by his death. This is a summary.

Saltykov-Shchedrin: fairy tales. Ideological content

The last fairy tale in our list is much richer in its ideological content than the two previous ones. This is not even a fairy tale, but a philosophical parable with existential content. True, it can be read not only existentially, but also psychoanalytic.

Psychoanalytic version. Piskary was scared to death by the miraculous salvation of his father from a boiling cauldron. And this traumatic situation cast a shadow over his entire subsequent life. We can say that the scribe did not live out his own fear, and his line of destiny was drawn by a strange, parental phobia.

The existential version. To begin with, the word "wise" is used by Shchedrin in the opposite sense. The whole strategy of life of the piskar teaches you how you can not live. He hid from life, did not follow his path and destiny, so he lived, though for a long time, but empty.

The general shortcoming of the school curriculum

When a writer becomes a classic, then he immediately begins to study in schools. He joins the school curriculum. And this means that in the school they study those that Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote, fairy tales (the content of short is most often chosen for reading by modern schoolchildren). And this in itself is not bad, but this approach simplifies the author and makes him a writer of two or three works. In addition, he creates a standard and patterned human thinking. A scheme usually does not have to develop the ability to think creatively. What the school should ideally teach.

How can this be avoided? It is very simple: after reading this article and getting acquainted with the topic "Saltykov-Shchedrin. Fairy tales. A brief summary of the plot and ideological content "you must necessarily read as many of his works as you can, which are beyond the scope of the school curriculum.