The Fairytale and Plot Structure [electronic resource] /
Murphy, Terence Patrick.author.
This book offers a detailed exploration of the plot genotype, the functional structure behind the plots of classical fairy tales. By understanding how plot genotypes are used, the reader or creative writer will obtain a much better understanding of many other types of fiction, including short stories, dramatic texts and Hollywood screenplays.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of plot analysis -- Character theory: from Aristotle to the Cambridge ritualists -- Plot structure: from Aristotle to the Cambridge ritualists -- From Veselovskian motif to Proppian function -- A Proppian analysis of Charles Perrault's Cinderella -- False and real sequences in Ashputtel -- The robber bridegroom: the limits of Propp's analysis -- Fitcher's bird: a second horrific fairy tale genotype -- The frog prince: the doubled pivotal eighth function -- Beauty and the beast: the irresolute nineteenth plot function -- Puss-in-boots: the character of the angelic double -- Tom-tit-tot: the character of the diabolic double -- Jack and the beanstalk: the hero's journey -- Little red riding hood: the defeat of the heroine in the struggle -- The story of the three bears: a very short fairy tale.
This book offers a detailed exploration of the plot genotype, the functional structure behind the plots of classical fairy tales. By understanding how plot genotypes are used, the reader or creative writer will obtain a much better understanding of many other types of fiction, including short stories, dramatic texts and Hollywood screenplays.
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