The fairytale and plot structure. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terence Patrick Murphy.
• Authors: Murphy, Terence Patrick, 1964-
• Contents: The origins of plot analysis -- Character theory: from Aristotle to the Cambridge ritualists -- Plot structure: from Aristotle to the Cambridge ritualists -- From Veselovskian motif to Proppian function -- A Proppian analysis of Charles Perrault's Cinderella -- False and real sequences in Ashputtel -- The robber bridegroom: the limits of Propp's analysis -- Fitcher's bird: a second horrific fairy tale genotype -- The frog prince: the doubled pivotal eighth function -- Beauty and the beast: the irresolute nineteenth plot function -- Puss-in-boots: the character of the angelic double -- Tom-tit-tot: the character of the diabolic double -- Jack and the beanstalk: the hero's journey -- Little red riding hood: the defeat of the heroine in the struggle -- The story of the three bears: a very short fairy tale.
• Publisher Details: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 204 pages.)
• Subjects: 398.209; Semiotics & Theory; Fairy tales -- History and criticism; Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Storytelling -- Technique; Fairy tales; Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Storytelling -- Technique; Semiotics & Theory; General; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Literary reference works; Literary theory; Literary studies: general; General; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Literary reference works; Literary theory; Literary studies: general; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137547088; 1137547081; 9781137547095
• Related ISBNs: 9781137547071; 1137547073; 113754709X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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