COMPOSITION AND PLOT ORGANIZATION OF THE FAIRYTALE THE MAGIC PUDDING BY NORMAN LINDSAY

Abstract

The article focuses on revealing the peculiarities of the composition and plot organization of Norman Lindsay’s fairytale “The Magic Pudding”. Its composition consists of four parts that contain story blocks. The plot blocks are united by the motive of the source of endless food, the system of the characters with national Australian characteristics and such compositional techniques as parallelism, gradation and antithesis that ensure the unity of the form and content of the fairy tale