 | Theory and History of Folklore Subjects: Folk literature Russian -- History and criticism -- Addresses essays lectures; Tales -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism -- Addresses essays lectures; Tales -- History and criticism -- Addresses essays lectures; Folklore -- Methodology -- Addr; The Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp published his first book, Morphology of the Folktale, in 1928. Since it was translated to English, in 1958, it has become an international bestseller and is well known as a major theoretical work in oral literature. Now, Anatoly Liberman has selected seven essays and three chapters from his later books which together reveal the full range of ProppOCOs thought in Theory and History of Folklore. This will help readers see that his work is essentially a theory of narrative. Included are the famous essay by Claude Levi-Strauss about Propp and ProppOCOs response to Levi-StraussOCOs Critique." |
