THE CONCEPT OF THE "CHRISTMAS STORY" IN THE RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CLASSIFICATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE TALE "THE L？TTLE MATCH GIRL"

One of the unresolved issues and issues that constitute the reason for scientific discussions in folklore and folk literature studies is the classification problem of Christmas Stories. The Christmas stories are a kind of story that reflects the mercy of humanity and compassion on the one hand and the cruel side of life in all its realities. These stories, which were previously described in twelve days of Christmas celebrations, later emerged as a literary tradition. In the field of literature, Christmas stories began to emerge in the 18th century, and they were active in the last quarter of the 19th century. In European literature, Christmas stories gained popularity since the second half of the 19th century, and in Russian literature, the history and development of Christmas stories began from the 18th century until today, that is to say, for three centuries. On the other hand, each literary tradition classifies Christmas stories in different literary genres. In this study “The Little Match Girl” story written by H.C. Andersen, which is a part of the calendar literature and which neither literary nor folk tales and which appears as a Christmas story to us, is dealt with. However, in comparison with Western literature, the concept of Christmas story in Russian literature is examined and the classification problem of Christmas stories is presented with the “The Little Match Girl” story. The aim of this study was investigated using foreign sources in Turkey before "Christmas Story" ("svyato？n？y rasskaz") to examine the concept, stand on the classification problem of these issues and examine sour this issue is to reach a broad audience