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Theory and History of Folklore

by Vladimir Propp
University of Minnesota Press, 1984
Paper: 978-0-8166-1182-9
Library of Congress Classification GR202.P7513 1984
Dewey Decimal Classification 398.20947

TOC

  • Contents 
    • Editor's Note
    • Introduction: Vladimir Jakovlevič Propp
      • Liberman, Anatoly
    • I. 
    • The Nature of Folklore
      • 1. 
      • The Nature of Folklore
      • 2. 
      • Folklore and Reality
      • 3. 
      • The Principles of Classifying Folklore Genres
      • 4. 
      • On the Historicity of Folklore
    • II. 
    • The Wondertale
      • 5. 
      • The Structural and Historical Study of the Wondertale
        • Shishkoff, Serge
      • 6. 
      • Transformations of the Wondertale
        • Severens, C. H.
      • 7. 
      • Historical Roots of the Wondertale: Premises
        • Bronstein, Maxine L.
        • Haring, Lee
      • 8. 
      • Historical Roots of the Wondertale: The Wondertale as a Whole
        • Bronstein, Maxine L.
        • Haring, Lee
      • 9. 
      • Ritual Laughter in Folklore (A Propos of the Tale of the Princess Who Would Not Laugh [Nesmejána])
    • III. 
    • Heroic Poetry
      • 10. 
      • Russian Heroic Epic Poetry: Introduction
    • IV. 
    • Supplement
      • Structure and Form: Reflections on a Work by Vladimir Propp
        • Lévi-Strauss, Claude
        • Layton, Monique
    • Postscript
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
    • General Index
    • Index of Foreign Terms
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