Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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... hero narratives are , or were told as , true stories ; they are legends rather than fairy tales . For this reason , Propp's pioneering morphology of the fairy tale has only limited applicability to ... Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus 231.
... hero narratives are , or were told as , true stories ; they are legends rather than fairy tales . For this reason , Propp's pioneering morphology of the fairy tale has only limited applicability to ... Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus 231.
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... pattern . Raglan's pattern provides a new vantage point for those who seek to understand the life of Jesus as it is ... hero pattern . It is true that no animal participates in the actual nursing of Jesus , but the later iconographic ...
... pattern . Raglan's pattern provides a new vantage point for those who seek to understand the life of Jesus as it is ... hero pattern . It is true that no animal participates in the actual nursing of Jesus , but the later iconographic ...
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Alan Dundes. Another detail possibly illuminated by the hero pattern consists of presence of the shepherds at the nativity scene . Dibelius ( 1932 : 75 ) dis- cusses at some length the traditionality ... Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus ...
Alan Dundes. Another detail possibly illuminated by the hero pattern consists of presence of the shepherds at the nativity scene . Dibelius ( 1932 : 75 ) dis- cusses at some length the traditionality ... Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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