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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 1968
- Book Title
- Morphology of the Folktale
- ISBN
- 9780292783768
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292783760
ISBN-13
9780292783768
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102583
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Publication Name
Morphology of the Folktale : Second Edition
Language
English
Subject
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
1968
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Series
American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Ser.
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
68-065567
Reviews
It was primarily Claude Lvi-Strauss who made Propp's book popular outside the small circle of Western Slavicists: he immediately recognized the importance of Propp's methodology not only for the study of the fairy-tale, but generally for the study of narrative folklore. [Lvi-Strauss] expressed his admiration for all those'who for a long time have been Propp's successors without knowing it.", It was primarily Claude Lévi-Strauss who made Propp's book popular outside the small circle of Western Slavicists: he immediately recognized the importance of Propp's methodology not only for the study of the fairy-tale, but generally for the study of narrative folklore. [Lévi-Strauss] expressed his admiration for all those"'who for a long time have been Propp's successors without knowing it.", It was primarily Claude Lévi-Strauss who made Propp's book popular outside the small circle of Western Slavicists: he immediately recognized the importance of Propp's methodology not only for the study of the fairy-tale, but generally for the study of narrative folklore. [Lévi-Strauss expressed his admiration for all those"'who for a long time have been Propp's successors without knowing it.", Propp's work is seminal...[and], now that it is available in a new edition, should be even more valuable to folklorists who are directing their attention to the form of the folktale, especially to those structural characteristics which are common to many entries coming from even different cultures., "Morphology will in all probability be regarded by future generations as one of the major theoretical breakthroughs in the field of folklore in the twentieth century."--Alan Dundes "Propp's work is seminal...[and], now that it is available in a new edition, should be even more valuable to folklorists who are directing their attention to the form of the folktale, especially to those structural characteristics which are common to many entries coming from even different cultures."-- Choice, Propp's work is seminal...[and, now that it is available in a new edition, should be even more valuable to folklorists who are directing their attention to the form of the folktale, especially to those structural characteristics which are common to many entries coming from even different cultures.
Series Volume Number
9
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Preface to the Second Edition Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition Acknowledgements Author's Foreword I. On the History of the Problem II. The Method and Material III. The Functions of Dramatis Personae IV. Assimilations: Cases of the Double Morphological Meaning of a Single Function V. Some Other Elements of the Tale A. Auxiliary Elements for the Interconnection of Functions B. Auxiliary Elements in Trebling C. Motivations VI. The Distribution of Functions Among Dramatis Personae VII. Ways in Which New Characters Are Introduced into the Course of Action VIII. On the Attributes of Dramatis Personae and their Significance IX. The Tale as a Whole A. The Ways in Which Stories Are Combined B. An Example of Analysis of a Tale C. The Problem of Classification D. On the Relationship of Particular Forms of Structure to the General Pattern E. The Problem of Composition and Theme, and of Themes and Variants F. Conclusion Appendix I. Materials for a Tabulation of the Tale Appendix II. Further Techniques of Analyses Appendix III. Schemes and Commentary Appendix IV. List of Abbreviations Appendix V. Comparative Chart of Tale Numbers
LC Classification Number
GR550.P7613 1968
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