Vladimir Propp was born in Petersburg, April 29, 1895. In 1932 he was called to a position at the University of Leningrad and went on to make major contributions to Russian folklore studies, comparative mythology, and the classification of folklore genres. His international fame is closely tied to the contributions he made to the structural analysis of folklore in Morphology of the Folktale.

• 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