A Proppian analysis on the narrative of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece

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Case study

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5 pages

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.doc

Published date :

08/13/2009

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Table of Contents A Proppian analysis on the narrative of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Propp's structural method
  3. The hero trying to find information
  4. The most exciting action
  5. The journey home after acomplishing the objectives
  6. The main elements of the Jason myth and Propp's main ideas
  7. Conclusion
  8. Work cited

Abstract

In the 1920`s Vladimar Jakovlevic Propp, the chairman of the Department of Folklore at Leningrad University, examined a whole series of Russian folk tales and came to the conclusion that every story contains similar themes and each theme follows a distinct pattern. From this analysis, Propp concluded that all Russian folktales contain thirty-one small narrative units, or narratemes, and even though not all units may be present in a story, the functions always tend to follow an unvarying sequence. During the duration of his analytical research on the folktales, Propp also noted that in each narrative there are only seven key characters that should be taken into consideration. These important characters or dramatis personae are the villain, donor, the magical helper, the princess, the dispatcher, seeker or victimized hero and the anti-hero.

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pencil image Christina F.  
Level :General public Study : Medieval history School/University : York University