The fairytale and plot structure. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The fairytale and plot structure. (2015)
- Main Title:
- The fairytale and plot structure
- 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.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.39397
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