Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520033597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.
The Folktale
Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520033597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520033597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.
Motif-Index of Folk Literature : past masters ; humanities databases, full text
Author: [Anonymus AC03416919]
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570853227
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570853227
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955).
Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook
Author: Jane Garry
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351576151
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson and grouped according to that Index's scheme. The reference also includes an introductory essay on the concepts of archetypes and motifs and the scholarship associated with them. This is the only book in English on motifs and themes that is completely folklore oriented, deals with motif numbers, and is tied to the Thompson Motif-Index. It includes in-depth examination of such motifs as: Bewitching; Chance and Fate; Choice of Roads; Death or Departure of the Gods; the Double; Ghosts and Other Revenants; the Hero Cycle; Journey to the Otherworld; Magic Invulnerability; Soothsayer; Transformation; Tricksters.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351576151
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson and grouped according to that Index's scheme. The reference also includes an introductory essay on the concepts of archetypes and motifs and the scholarship associated with them. This is the only book in English on motifs and themes that is completely folklore oriented, deals with motif numbers, and is tied to the Thompson Motif-Index. It includes in-depth examination of such motifs as: Bewitching; Chance and Fate; Choice of Roads; Death or Departure of the Gods; the Double; Ghosts and Other Revenants; the Hero Cycle; Journey to the Otherworld; Magic Invulnerability; Soothsayer; Transformation; Tricksters.
Tales of the North American Indians
Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253200914
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Collection of Indian tales in which each tale is shown to be representative of a certain type of tale which occurs in more than one tribe or geographical region.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253200914
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Collection of Indian tales in which each tale is shown to be representative of a certain type of tale which occurs in more than one tribe or geographical region.
One Hundred Favorite Folktales
Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Presents the best-recognized form of popular tales from the oral traditions of many European nations.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Presents the best-recognized form of popular tales from the oral traditions of many European nations.
Types of the Folktale in the Arab World
Author: Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253344472
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
The only demographically oriented tale-type index for folktales of the Arab world
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253344472
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
The only demographically oriented tale-type index for folktales of the Arab world
The Types of the Folk-tale
Author: Antti Amatus Aarne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Escape from the Future
Author: Vladimir Petrov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780253201720
Category : Convict labor
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780253201720
Category : Convict labor
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Buying the Wind
Author: Richard M. Dorson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226158624
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226158624
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.
Motif-index of Folk-literature
Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description