Winick presents an obituary for professor Alan Dundes. Dundes was the face of American folklore scholarship, who died on Mar 30, 2005 at the aged of 70.
With the aim of identifying the structural elements and narrative patterns of Persian tales, one hundred tales – including seventy tales from section 300–999 in AaTh/ATU – have been analyzed ...according to Propp's morphological model. As a result, the main functions of the Persian tales have been identified as the following six pairs: (A) initial situation: an arising problem; (D–F) meeting the donor – receiving a magical object; (H–I) struggle – victory; (Ps–Rs) pursuit – rescue; (M–N) difficult task – solution; (O–Q) unrecognized arrival – recognition; (Z) final situation: solution of the problem. These pairs do not necessarily occur together, and at times they are separated from each other. A and Z in fact constitute a pair that is separated by other functions. By merging the functions into pairs, the number of characters is reduced to four: hero, villain, helper, and princess. The functions and allomotifs in Persian tales are influenced by social and religious factors that may be considered as peculiarities of these tales. The allomotifs also differ in relation to the protagonist's gender.
Afin d'identifier les éléments structuraux et les schémas narratifs des contes persans, cent contes – dont soixante-dix de la section AaTh/ATU 300–999 – ont été analysés suivant le modèle morphologique de Propp. Il s'est avéré que les fonctions principales des contes persans consistent dans les six paires suivantes : (i) situation initiale : un problème se pose ; (D–Z) rencontre avec le donateur – obtention du moyen magique ; (L–V) lutte – victoire ; (P–S) poursuite – salut ; (T–A) tâche difficile – accomplissement ; (°–I) arrivée incognito – identification ; (Z*) dénouement : solution du problème. Ces paires ne figurent pas nécessairement ensemble, et parfois elles sont séparées l'une de l'autre. En fait, i et Z* constituent une paire qui est séparée par d'autres fonctions. En amalgamant les fonctions en paires, le nombre des caractères est réduit à quatre : héros, antagoniste, donateur et princesse. Les fonctions et les allomotifs des contes persans sont influencés par des facteurs sociaux et religieux qu'on peut considérer comme particularités de ces contes. Les allomotifs varient aussi suivant le sexe du protagoniste.
Mit dem Ziel, die Strukturelemente und Erzählmuster der persischen Märchen zu bestimmen, wurden hundert Märchen – darunter siebzig aus der Sektion AaTh/ATU 300–999 – auf der Basis von Propps morphologischem Modell analysiert. Als Hauptfunktionen der persischen Märchen wurden die folgenden sechs Paare ermittelt: (i) Ausgangssituation: es entsteht ein Problem; (Sch–Z) Begegnung mit dem Schenker – Empfang eines Zaubermittels; (K–S) Kampf – Sieg; (V–R) Verfolgung – Rettung; (P–Lö) Prüfung, schwere Aufgabe – Lösung; (X–E) unerkannte Ankunft – Erkennung; (Z*) Ausgang: Lösung des Problems. Diese Paare erscheinen nicht notwendig gemeinsam, und manchmal werden sie getrennt. Das Paar i und Z* ist in der Tat immer durch andere Funktionen getrennt. Durch die paarweise Verschmelzung der Funktionen wird die Anzahl der Personen auf vier reduziert: Held, Gegner, Schenker und Prinzessin. Die Funktionen und Allomotive der persischen Märchen sind durch gesellschaftliche und religiöse Faktoren beeinflußt, die als Besonderheiten dieser Erzählungen angesehen werden können. Darüber hinaus unterscheiden sich die Allomotive je nach Geschlecht des Protagonisten.
Alan Dundes (1934-2005) Tangherlini, Timothy R.
Folklore (London),
08/2005, Volume:
116, Issue:
2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
An obituary for Alan Dundes, who died on March 30, 2005 at the age of 71, is presented. Dundes was widely recognized as one of the most important folklorists of all time.
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