Issue 3 (48)
| «MUZHIK IS A FOOL: PUNCH HIM AND HE'LL AXE YOU BACK» THREATS AGAINST THE LANDLORDS IN FOLK PROVERBS AND SAYINGS | |||
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| Year | 2015 | Number | 3(48) |
| Pages | 123-128 | Type | scientific article |
| UDC | 398.91(470) | BBK | 82(2)-41 |
| Authors | Shapovalov Vladimir A. Shapovalova Svetlana P. |
Topic | ARCHEOLOGY OF NORTHERN EURASIA |
| Summary | The article offers an analysis of folk proverbs and sayings of the 17th–18th century containing threats against landlords in the context of the study of social and psychological antagonisms in the Russian countryside. The texts of these proverbs and sayings refl ected the peasants' desire to break the bonds of serfdom, their hopes for a better life and social justice. At the same time there was a clear indication of the peasants' hidden wish to get even with their landlords, even though in that case they would have incurred a severe punishment. Some of the threat-proverbs originated, apparently, among the robbers' gangs. Proverbs and sayings containing threats against landlords are a valuable independent source for the study of the social psychology evolution of Russian peasantry, particularly for the study of aggressive behavior motivation during the anti-landlord riots or plundering raids. | ||
| Keywords | Folk proverbs and sayings, threats, boyar, landlord, peasantry, folklore | ||
| References |
Игнатович И. И. Крестьянское движение в России первой четверти ХIХ века. М.: Соцэкгиз, 1963. 456 с. |
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