The Structural-Semantic Types of Lithuanian Folk Tales (2 Volumes)

Helskinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2015.
First Edition.

24cm x 15cm. 477; 331 pages, 2 volumes. Illustrated glossy papered boards.

I: Genres and Tale Types. II: The Classification and Index of Elementary Plots and Their Types. The classification system of the types of folk tales published by Antti Aarne in 1910 was a much needed and courageous project. Bronislava Kerbelyte has classified more than 40,000 variants of Lithuanian folk tales according to the international catalogue by Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson (AT). She has concluded that it is necessary to improve the classification system. Kerbelyte has determined elementary plots (EP) as structural elements for narratives and created the structural-semantic method for analysis and description of texts on several levels. The classification of elementary plots and their types contains much information about folk tales and about people. FF Communications No. 308 & 309 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

. Fine Condition.

AU$150.00

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