THE SOURCE OF I. I. CHEMNITZER’S FABLE THE LETTERS

Trakhtenberg, Lev

doi:10.31860/0131-6095-2023-1-260-263

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THE SOURCE OF I. I. CHEMNITZER’S FABLE THE LETTERS

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THE SOURCE OF I. I. CHEMNITZER’S FABLE THE LETTERS

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S013160950024574-5-1

DOI

10.31860/0131-6095-2023-1-260-263

Publication type

Article

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Published

Authors

Lev Trakhtenberg

Occupation: Professor Assistant
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Address: Russian Federation,

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Russkaia literatura

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260-263

Abstract

The paper shows that the plot of Ivan Chemnitzer’s fable The Letters is based on an anecdote that went into wide circulation in 1779-1781, after its first publication in Annales Politiques, Civiles et Littéraires... Chemnitzer probably read it in the German translation, published in the Chronologen magazine. New facts suggests that the fable dates back to 1780 — the first half of 1782. Chemnitzer’s fable is rather different from its source in terms of plot as well as idea. While the anecdote is about a simple inscription that highbrow scholars find too difficult to interpret, the fable features a king who deliberately propounds a riddle to the scholars, so as to deride their pointless sophistication.

Keywords

18th century, Russian-French and Russian-German literary connections, comparative literature, poetics, plot transformation, fable, anecdote.

Received

25.02.2023

Publication date

01.03.2023

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14101

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GOST	Trakhtenberg L. THE SOURCE OF I. I. CHEMNITZER’S FABLE THE LETTERS // Russkaia literatura – 2023. – 1 C. 260-263 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusliter/s013160950024574-5-1-en (circulation date: 06.05.2024). DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2023-1-260-263
MLA	Trakhtenberg, Lev "THE SOURCE OF I. I. CHEMNITZER’S FABLE THE LETTERS." Russkaia literatura 1 (2023):260-263. DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2023-1-260-263
APA	Trakhtenberg L. (2023). THE SOURCE OF I. I. CHEMNITZER’S FABLE THE LETTERS. Russkaia literatura (1), pp.260-263 DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2023-1-260-263

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