{"product_id":"morphology-of-the-folktale-9780292783768","title":"Morphology of the Folktale","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe classic work on forms of the folktale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePropp'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 *\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\" * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to the Second Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to the First Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor's Foreword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. On the History of the Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII. The Method and Material\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII. The Functions of Dramatis Personae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV. Assimilations: Cases of the Double Morphological Meaning of a Single Function\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eV. Some Other Elements of the Tale \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA. Auxiliary Elements for the Interconnection of Functions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB. Auxiliary Elements in Trebling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC. Motivations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVI. The Distribution of Functions Among Dramatis Personae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVII. Ways in Which New Characters Are Introduced into the Course of Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIII. On the Attributes of Dramatis Personae and their Significance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIX. The Tale as a Whole \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA. The Ways in Which Stories Are Combined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB. An Example of Analysis of a Tale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC. The Problem of Classification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eD. On the Relationship of Particular Forms of Structure to the General Pattern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eE. The Problem of Composition and Theme, and of Themes and Variants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF. Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix I. Materials for a Tabulation of the Tale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix II. Further Techniques of Analyses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix III. Schemes and Commentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix IV. List of Abbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix V. Comparative Chart of Tale Numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864322584919,"sku":"9780292783768","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292783768.jpg?v=1722271407","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/morphology-of-the-folktale-9780292783768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}