Vladimir Propp and the Universal Folktale
Recommissioning an Old Paradigm - Story as Initiation
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Dr. Peter Gilet takes Vladimir Propp's 31-part structure of the European folktale and suggests a reduction to five moves. This allows Propp's structure to be applied successfully to stories from Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas, thus providing a widespread tale type, perhaps the main tale type in oral literature. Dr. Gilet also suggests that this type has strong meaningful similarities with shamanic and puberty initiation rituals in pre-industrial societies. Just how meaningful will be the object of future research.
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Peter Gilet
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European folktale Folktale Initiation Oral literature Paradigm Pre-industrial society Propp Puberty initiation Recommissioning Shamanic ritual Story Universal Vladimir
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«Peter Gilet's book is outstanding. Solidly executed and brilliantly conceived, it will both revive an interest in structuralism and alter our understanding of Propp's method.» (Bruce A. Rosenberg, Professor, Brown University)
«Dr. Gilet has covered an exhaustive amount of material, and he summarizes the major themes of the studies that pertain to his argument in a cogent manner. His strength is in the area of textual or structuralist studies, and he is concerned mainly with modifying Propp's functions and showing the usefulness of his own paradigm for textual and contextual work. He does a superb job of situating Propp historically and summarizing the work of other structuralists such as Lévi-Strauss, Bremond, Greimas and others. In addition, his treatment of Jung, Campbell, Rank, and Raglan is also excellent.» (Jack Zipes, Professor, German Department, University of Minnesota)
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