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Narrative Logo - Click for Main Menu Lecture V: Tale Types and Motifs September 18, 2006 September 25, 2006 These class lectures will begin an investigation into the ways in which we can analyze Folk Material. Literary analysis is the one we are most familiar with - especially classifications of tale types and motifs.
Fire at the creation of the Earth Remember, we will be doing online workshops sessions on the research and writing for your Final Research Assignment beginning this week. Bring your questions or problems to the Discussion List. Be sure to check the Announcements Page.
Contents of Lecture V. Long before Folklore became an academic subject, the material of very popular folk stories and legends was studied by literary scholars. One cycle of legends which has fascinated listeners and readers for centuries in the King Arthur story. The King Arthur story seems to have circulated in many versions that were sung and told first, and later written down, also in several versions. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an early example of the Arthur tale-type, and it contains many of the motifs we are familiar with in heroic literature and movies. In addition, there are many other Tale Types and Motifs that that we have already looked at. In these two class sessions, we will look at familiar and unfamiliar material in the light of Tale Types and Motifs.
The Lion and the Mouse Another Cinderella Story - not the movie, yet. The Indian Cinderella - the male Cinderella with the 16-cubit-long hair! Direct from the Subcontinent via Neil Phillip. The Incredible Scope of Tale Types Animal Tales - the basis of Fable Death - Old Age, Dying, and Ghosts Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies
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