The Study of Russian Folklore

by Felix J. Oinas (Editor), Stephen Soudakoff (Editor)

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027931474
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	01/01/1975
Series:	Slavistic Printings and Reprintings , #4
Edition description:	Reprint 2018
Pages:	351
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — PREFACE — CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION — PART ONE: COLLECTING FOLKLORE — 1. IN SEARCH OF FOLKTALES AND SONGS (FROM TRAVEL IMPRESSIONS) — PART TWO: ORIGINS AND TRANSMISSION — 2. ON THE ORIGIN OF RIDDLES — 3. THE THEME OF HEROIC COURTSHIP — 4. GEOGRAPHIC NAMES IN THE BYLINY — 5. FROM BOOK TO FOLKLORE — PART THREE: TELLERS AND SINGERS — 6. A SIBERIAN NARRATOR — 7. IMPROVISATION IN RUSSIAN FOLKLORE — PART FOUR: FUNCTION — 8. SOME TYPES OF RUSSIAN NEW YEAR SONGS — 9. RITES AND POETRY — PART FIVE: STRUCTURE — 10. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BYLINY — 11. TOWARDS A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE FOLKTALE — 12. THE "FUNCTION" OF THE FAIRY TALE — 13. THE GRADUAL CONTRACTION OF IMAGES — PART SIX: FORM — 14. THE FORM OF DIALOGUE IN THE BYLINA — 15. COMMONPLACES [LOCI COMMUNES] AS A MEANS OF DOCUMENTING BYLINY — 16. FIXED EPITHETS IN THE BYLINY AS A MEANS OF CREATING AND TYPIFYING IMAGES — PART SEVEN: FOLKLORE AND SOCIETY — 17. THE "LOW" HERO OF THE FAIRY TALE — 18. THE BALLAD ABOUT THE SLAYING OF THE SLANDERED WIFE — PART EIGHT: FOLKLORE IN THE CHANGING WORLD — 19. REALISTIC FEATURES IN THE BYLINY — 20. THE STATE OF THE BYLINA IN THE POST-WAR YEARS — 21. FOLKLORISTICS AND THE PRESENT DAY — GLOSSARY — BIBLIOGRAPHY — INDEX