The Study of Russian Folklore
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The Study of Russian Folklore

  1. 351 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Study of Russian Folklore

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Yes, you can access The Study of Russian Folklore by Felix J. Oinas, Stephen Soudakoff, Felix J. Oinas,Stephen Soudakoff in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9789027931474
eBook ISBN
9783110813913
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. PART ONE: COLLECTING FOLKLORE
  5. 1. IN SEARCH OF FOLKTALES AND SONGS (FROM TRAVEL IMPRESSIONS)
  6. PART TWO: ORIGINS AND TRANSMISSION
  7. 2. ON THE ORIGIN OF RIDDLES
  8. 3. THE THEME OF HEROIC COURTSHIP
  9. 4. GEOGRAPHIC NAMES IN THE BYLINY
  10. 5. FROM BOOK TO FOLKLORE
  11. PART THREE: TELLERS AND SINGERS
  12. 6. A SIBERIAN NARRATOR
  13. 7. IMPROVISATION IN RUSSIAN FOLKLORE
  14. PART FOUR: FUNCTION
  15. 8. SOME TYPES OF RUSSIAN NEW YEAR SONGS
  16. 9. RITES AND POETRY
  17. PART FIVE: STRUCTURE
  18. 10. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BYLINY
  19. 11. TOWARDS A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE FOLKTALE
  20. 12. THE "FUNCTION" OF THE FAIRY TALE
  21. 13. THE GRADUAL CONTRACTION OF IMAGES
  22. PART SIX: FORM
  23. 14. THE FORM OF DIALOGUE IN THE BYLINA
  24. 15. COMMONPLACES [LOCI COMMUNES] AS A MEANS OF DOCUMENTING BYLINY
  25. 16. FIXED EPITHETS IN THE BYLINY AS A MEANS OF CREATING AND TYPIFYING IMAGES
  26. PART SEVEN: FOLKLORE AND SOCIETY
  27. 17. THE "LOW" HERO OF THE FAIRY TALE
  28. 18. THE BALLAD ABOUT THE SLAYING OF THE SLANDERED WIFE
  29. PART EIGHT: FOLKLORE IN THE CHANGING WORLD
  30. 19. REALISTIC FEATURES IN THE BYLINY
  31. 20. THE STATE OF THE BYLINA IN THE POST-WAR YEARS
  32. 21. FOLKLORISTICS AND THE PRESENT DAY
  33. GLOSSARY
  34. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  35. INDEX