Ruslan and Ludmila

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"Ruslan and Ludmila" is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that blends Russian folklore, romance, and fantasy in a playful, fairy-tale style.

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instanceOf literary work
narrative poem
poem
adaptedAs opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
author Alexander Pushkin
basedOn Russian folklore
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
featuresElement kidnapping
magic beard
quest
talking head
witchcraft
genre fairy-tale literature
fantasy literature
mock-heroic poem
narrative poetry
romantic poetry
hasCharacter Chernomor
Farlaf
Ratmir
Rogdai
Vladimir the Great
hasMainCharacter Ludmila
Ruslan
hasPart Canto I
Canto II
Canto III
Canto IV
Canto V
Canto VI
prologue
influenced Russian fantasy literature
later Russian fairy-tale poetry
literaryMovement Romanticism
narrativeForm verse
notableFor innovative use of colloquial Russian
use of Russian folk motifs
openingLinesLocation Lukomorye oak tree
originalLanguage Russian
setting Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus
structure introduction plus six cantos
theme adventure
folklore
heroism
love
magic
tone ironic
playful

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Alexander Pushkin notableWork Ruslan and Ludmila
Mikhail Glinka notableWork Ruslan and Ludmila
this entity surface form: Ruslan and Lyudmila