| Description |
1 online resource (lxxxi, 252 pages) : portrait |
| Series |
Theory and history of literature ; v. 5 |
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Theory and history of literature ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
I. The nature of folklore -- II. The wondertale -- III. Heroic poetry |
| Summary |
The Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp published his first book, Morphology of the Folktale, in 1928. Since it was translated to English, in 1958, it has become an international bestseller and is well known as a major theoretical work in oral literature. Now, Anatoly Liberman has selected seven essays and three chapters from his later books which together reveal the full range of Propp's thought in Theory and History of Folklore. This will help readers see that his work is essentially a theory of narrative. Included are the famous essay by Claude Levi-Strauss about Propp and Propp's response to |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk literature, Russian -- History and criticism
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Tales -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism
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Tales -- History and criticism
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Folklore -- Methodology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folk literature, Russian
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Folklore -- Methodology
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Tales
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Liberman, Anatoly, editor.
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| LC no. |
83014840 |
| ISBN |
9780816681877 |
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0816681872 |
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