Author's position in the folk dramas of L.N. Tolstoy

The  subject  of  the  study  is  the  author's  position  in  the  folk  plays  of  L.N.  Tolstoy  “The  First  Distiller,  or  How  the  Little  Devil  Earned  a  Crumb”,  “From  Her  All  the  Qualities”,  “Peter Khlebnik”, “Dramatic Arrangement of the Legend of Haggai”. The objectives of the study include identifying  ways  of  expressing  the  author’s  position  in  the  writer’s  dramatic  texts,  which  is  possible  through  the use of structural, mythopoetic methods, as well as the use of motive analysis techniques. The purpose  of  this  article  is  to  explore  the  features  of  expressing  the  author’s  position  in  the  “folk”  dramas  of  L.N.  Tolstoy.  The  relevance  of  the  study  is  determined  by  the  insufficient  knowledge  of  the  methods  of  updating  the  author's  position  in  the  writer's  dramatic  texts  and  the  need  to  understand the  originality  of  Tolstoy's  dramaturgy  in  the  holistic  artistic  and  philosophical  context  of  his  work. In  the  comedy  “The  First  Distiller,  or  How  the  Little  Devil  Earned  the  Edge,”  the  author  directs  the  reader’s perception of events through stage directions and through the image of the hero participating in the event and observing it. In the play “From Her All the Qualities”, the author’s intention is expressed in the subjective description of the characters in the poster. In the “Dramatic Treatment of the Legend of  Haggai”  and  “Peter  the  Bread  Man”,  Tolstoy’s  appeal  to  the  plot  of  a  sinner  who  repented  of  his  atrocities is revealed, which is in tune with the writer’s ideological search. The incompleteness of these  plays is due to the unclear prospects for leaving for the author himself. It seems relevant and promising to further study Tolstoy’s dramatic heritage in the aspect of studying the methods used to express the author’s position, helping to correct the already established ideas about the literary anthropology of the writer.

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