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8 Cards in this Set
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Snegurochka
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- Russian version of Snow White
- probably relates to years of stagnation in USSR (getting worse as winter gets worse) |
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Sleeping Beauty
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- not an original Russian tale
- adapted into ballet (Tchaikovsky) - Bettelheim: child's sexual awakening will take place despite parents' attempts to repress it |
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Cinderella
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- Bettelheim: tale of sibling rivalry & Cinderella winning over oppressive siblings & stepmother
- text not in Russia until 19th century - Russian version: Zolushka (everything is not equal - still a class driven society) - feminist: has to be pretty to attract the prince - socio-political: would he have noticed her anyway? + if one source of power can't solve problem (father), then replace them (husband) |
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Baba Yaga
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- witch that lives in the forest on a hut that sits on chicken legs
- usually is not helpful unless competing against Kashchey the Deathless - appearance often altered to represent the "others" (i.e. Jews) |
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Kashchey the Deathless
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- character is always questing to find his death
- always lies - death lies within a needle/key inside an egg... - tale most known for introduce orientalism (refer to Asian invasions during medieval periods) |
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Ilya Muromets
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- born crippled and healed on 33rd birthday
- canonized as Russian saint following his death - nightingale thief: Asian character in many tales who Ilya must defeat - member of 3 Bogatyrs |
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Rusalka
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- experienced unrequited love and leads men to the water to drown them
- becomes basis for sea tales (mermaid becomes important in 19th century) |
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Sadko
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- opera
- sea tale - Volkhova - sea princess that wants to marry a mortal, Sadko goes to see her parents (sea king & queen) & wins her hand in marriage, but he doesn't marry her and instead returns home |
