6. Conclusion.

In the course of the study was conducted. Pupils were asked the following questions:

1. What is your favourite Russian folk fairy tale?

2. Do you like reading tales?

3. Do you know any Scottish tales?

4. Do Russian and Scottish tales have something in common?

5. What can Russian and Scottish tales have in common?

The results showed that most students know a lot of fairy tales and enjoys reading them. The most popular Russian fairy tales turned out to be a fairy tale, "Father Frost". But despite the students to love Russian fairy tales, few are familiar with the Scottish and Scottish folk tales. To the question «Do Russian and Scottish tales have something in common?», 80% of students answered "Yes", 17% - «Don't know», and only 3% answered «No».

Among the similarities between Russian and Scottish tales of students identified: the victory of good over evil, similar characters, happy ending, and story tales.

The comparative analysis of several Scottish and Russian fairy tales it possible to notice some similarity core set of values and ethical concepts for Scottish and Russian peoples. For example, qualities such as willpower, courage, patriotism, heroism, cunning and practicality are common to Scottish and Russian folk heroes. Largely observed a similar attitude to these qualities and values in Russian and Scottish societies.

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7. The List of Main Literature.

1. Tales of Scottish and English (British legends and fairy tales), MNPP "Gandalf", 1993.

2. Russian folk tales, “Astrel”, 2011

3. A.N. Afanasyev “Poetic Views on the Nature of the Slavs” (1866 – 1869)

4. F. Buslayev “Turning the Story” (1874)

5. V. Bobrov “Russian Folk Tales about Animals” (1906 – 1908)

6. A. Smirnov “Systematic Index of Themes and Variations of Russian Folk Tales” (1911 -1914)

7. S. Savchenko “Russian Folk Tale” (1914)

8. P. V. Vladimirov “Introduction to the History of Russian Literature” (1896)

9. Leith D. “Tense variation as a performance feature in a Scottish folktale”, 1995

10. N.V. “Budur British Isles folk tale”, Fairy Encyclopedia, 2005

Websites:

1. http://skazki.smeha.net

2. http://www.lomonosov-msu.ru

3. http://www.skazochnik.info

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