A Propposition.
Abstract
Vladimir Propp in his Morphology of the Folktale developed a type of structural analysis that is very useful in analyzing literary forms other than the folktale. His methodology seeks to reduce forms other than the folktale. His methodology seeks to reduce narrative literature to algebraic formulae by depicting the actions of the characters with symbols and letters taken from a catalogue of thirty-one elements he found common to fairy-tales. This thesis utilizes Propp's methodology to structurally critique works by Edgar Allen Poe and Geoffrey Chaucer and to complete a tale begun by Chaucer. This analysis suggests that authors writing rational and acceptable literature are structurally limited by boundaries that may be either socially or genetically inherited. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 29, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA085005
Entities
People
- Lynn David Moore