The role of Slavic authors of the 18th–19th centuries in the development of the fable genre in European literature

The article regards various aspects of the work of East and West Slavic authors of XVIIIXIX centuries, who have made a significant contribution to the development of the fable as a small literary genre. In this connection, the authors offer a historicalliterary review of the main results of various known poets and writers` creations, emphasizing the features of their individual styles and approaches to (re)interpretations of ancient, classical fable plots. The results of multiaspect synchronicdiachronic analysis carried out in the framework of the study provide full grounds to assert that, despite definite differences, the works of authors of so called «golden age» have considerably common features due both to the universal morality predominance and adherence to the established classical traditions. On the whole, translations and adaptations of ancient fables, created in XVIIIXIX centuries by writers of different Slavic peoples: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Serbian and some others, played an important role in the development of European satire. These works have contributed much to the popularization of small satirical genres in later historic periods. It is just for this reason that the issues concerning various aspects of their analysis and (re)interpretations continue to interest researchers and are constantly raised in scientific discourse.