IMPLEMENTATION OF V. Y. PROPP’S MODEL IN MODERN CINEMA DR MATURGY
BY THE EXAMPLE OF “YA NE VERNUS” SCREENPLAY BY YAROSLAVA PULINOVICH 

Artemeva Ekaterina Arkadevna, Candidate of philological sciences, associate professor, sub-department of philology and journalism, Mari State University (1 Lenina square, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia), katia.artemeva@yandex.ru

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Background. The present research’s topicality is caused by an escalating interest in revealing folk traditions in the cinema, in particular in the western academic tradition, in the problem of using the Propp’s theory of functions in screenwriting.
Materials and methods. Two versions of one screenplay of modern Russian screenwriter Yaroslava Pulinovich “Ya ne vernus’” (I won’t come back) were used as the research material. Moreover, the work by Propp, “Morphology of the Folktale” was involved.
Results. It is concluded that the actions of main characters of the Pulinovich’s screenplay correspond to the functions of characters in the fairy-tale defined by Propp; and also that the use of the Propp’s theory for interpretation of a particular plot is acceptable.
Conclusions. A deep search for the correspondence between a particular plot and fairy-tale functions makes it possible to understand the importance of the Propp’s theory for film narrative, as well as to define new directions in Russian literary studies regarding screenplay analysis.

folklore, screenwriting, fairy-tale, screenplay

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