University of Minnesota Press, 1984 Paper: 978-0-8166-1182-9 Library of Congress Classification GR202.P7513 1984 Dewey Decimal Classification 398.20947
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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