Русские заветные сказки: запретный фольклор

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanasʹev (1826-1871) - russkiĭ sobiratelʹ folʹklora, ėtnograf i literaturoved. Teksty "Russkikh zavetnykh skazok" vpervye byli opublikovany anonimno za predelami Rossiĭskoĭ imperii - v Zheneve v 1872 godu - pod zaglaviem "Narodnye russkie skazki ne dli͡a pechati". Sobrannye materialy, soderzhashchie ėlementy narodnoĭ ėroticheskoĭ prozy, po mnenii͡u A. N. Afanasʹeva, ne otrazhai͡ut urovenʹ nravstvennosti russkogo cheloveka, a lishʹ ukazyvai͡ut na spri͡atannui͡u storonu zhizni, v kotoroĭ znachitelʹnui͡u rolʹ igrai͡ut komicheskoe, satira i ironii͡a. Kontekst pokazyvaet, naskolʹko radikalʹnoĭ i smeloĭ dli͡a t͡senzury vtoroĭ poloviny XIX veka byla popytka A. N. Afanasʹeva opublikovatʹ podobnyĭ sbornik. Poka ėtnograf rassmatrival teksty kak vazhnyĭ plast narodnoĭ smekhovoĭ kulʹtury, predstaviteli t͡serkvi i gosudarstvennoĭ vlasti schitali ikh nepristoĭnymi i nedopustimymi k rasprostranenii͡u. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii publikui͡utsi͡a izbrannye teksty.

Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev (1826-1871) was a Russian folklore collector, ethnographer, and literary critic. Russian Russian Cherished Tales were first published anonymously outside the Russian Empire in Geneva in 1872 under the title "Russian Folk Tales not for Print." The collected materials containing elements of folk erotic prose, according to A. N. Afanasyev, do not reflect the level of morality of the Russian people, but only point to the hidden side of life, in which comic, satire and irony play a significant role. The context shows how radical and bold A. N. Afanasyev's attempt to publish such a collection was for censorship in the second half of the 19th century. While the ethnographer considered the texts as an important layer of folk laughter culture, representatives of the church and state authorities considered them obscene and unacceptable for distribution. Selected texts are published in this edition.