Abstract
The writers explore the challenges associated with literary fairy tales, considering them as a multi-genre phenomenon within the realm of children's fiction history. Numerous scholarly works have delved into the examination of this genre. The purpose of this article is to study the literary fairy tale as a multi-genre phenomenon in the history of children's fiction. The main methods used in the article are text analysis in the form of an analysis of scientific literature that affects the study of a literary fairy tale as a multi-genre phenomenon. General scientific and special approaches: cultural approach, axiological approach, historical approach. Used various scientific and practical methods, including: methods of periodization; comparative method; method of semiotic analysis. Methods of onomasiological, situational-contextual, comparative analysis, methods of continuous sampling and linguistic observation were used. Contemporary tendencies regarding the exploration of the genre phenomenon in literary fairy tales within the context of children's fiction history receive comparatively minimal attention from scholars and specialists. However, the relationship between the significance of this direction in the field of literature and the influence on the development of personal cultural values is an urgent problem in the further study of this issue.