On some aspects of interpretations of antique fables by Slavic authors of the 18th-19th centuries (based on the plot «The Raven and the Fox»)

This article examines some aspects of translation interpretations of ancient and classical fable plots by Eastern and Western Slavic authors of the 18th19th centuries. In this regard, the authors offer a multilevel comparative analysis of individual text fragments of translations of the classical fable «The Raven and the Fox» made by Russian, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian and other writers, emphasizing the main features of their individual creative styles and approaches. The results of the study conducted in the work give every reason to believe that the interpretations of the fable plot belonging to Slavic authors (I.A. Krylov, A.P. Sumarokov, I.A. Barkov, I. Krasitsky, A. Pukhmayer, etc.), with all the differences in them, also contain features of significant similarity, which is explained both by the universality of existing moral and ethical standards, and by commitment to established classical traditions. In general, it can be said with confidence that translations and reinterpretations of ancient fable plots made by Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and other authors of the 18th19th centuries largely contributed to the development and popularization of small satirical forms and genres in Eastern and Western European literature of later periods.