NATIONAL TRADITIONS OF ENGLISH FOLKLORE IN THE WORK OF ROBERT BURNS

Abstract

This article illustrates the analysis of Robert Burns` works as national
traditions of English folklore. The most extraordinary of people and "the most
brilliant poet of Scotland" called Robert Burns, a poor peasant who became an
outstanding artist of the word. His country was a country of heroic and tragic fate:
in 1707, after a difficult centuries-old struggle, full of the most difficult ups and
downs, it was united with England and experienced its strongest influence. As a
result of the rapid growth of bourgeois relations, fencing and the industrial
revolution, ancient clan traditions began to disappear, and free farmers and small
artisans were impoverished on a massive scale. From a young age, a heightened
sense of national pride in Scotland's past and a mournful sense of the tragedy of its
present intertwined in his mind. The main research method is interpretive analysis.
The relevance of the work is determined by the need for further study of the genre
of English folklore in literature elements in Robert Burns` novels.