Intro -- Acknowledgement -- CONTENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Vladimir Propp: Biography -- 1.2 Theoretical orientation -- (a) Russian Formalism -- (b) Czech Structuralism -- (c) French Structuralism -- (d) Soviet Semiotics -- (e) Syntagmatic and paradigmatic approaches within structural analyses of folklore genres -- 1.3 The folklore concept -- 1.4 Main aim of study -- 1.5 Method of data collection -- 2. Vladimir Propp: Morphology of the folktale -- 3. Vladimir Propp applied to Xhosa iintsomi -- Function I -- Function II -- Function III -- Function IV -- Function V -- Function VI
Function VII -- Function VIII -- Function VIII(a) -- Function IX -- Function X -- Function XI -- Function XII -- Function XIII -- Function XIV -- Function XV -- Function XVI -- Function XVII -- Function XVIII -- Function XIX -- Function XX -- Function XXI -- Function XXII -- Function XXIII -- Function XXIV -- Function XXV -- Function XXVI -- Function XXVII -- Function XXVIII -- Function XXIX -- Function XXX -- Function XXXI -- SCHEME 1: Propp's identified functions that appear in every individual Xhosa intsomi -- SCHEME 2: Function sequence in the Xhosa material -- 3.1 Conclusions -- Type 1
Type 2 -- 3.2 Summary -- 4. Formal structural features of the Xhosa iintsomi -- 4.1 Opening and closing formulas -- 4.2 Repetition -- (a) Refrains -- (b) Magical formulas/chants -- (c) Saying-clichés -- (d) Actions and dialogues -- 4.3 Conclusion -- Bibliography
