Structural-semantic analysis and genre peculiarities of folklore

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos dalis / Part of the book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Structural-semantic analysis and genre peculiarities of folklore
Authors:
Racėnaitė, Radvilė
In the Book:
Ethnic culture: traditions and innovations. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, 2004. P. 388-395
Subject Category:
LT
Liaudies kultūra / Folk culture; Mirtis / Death; Mitologija / Mythology.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe article aims at disclosing main structural and semantic peculiarities of Lithuanian etiological legends and religious tales by means of structural-semantic method of research. The theoretical statements are illustrated by the narratives, which define some aspects of an attitude towards death in Lithuanian traditional culture. Objectives: to elucidate the principal structural and semantic features of Lithuanian etiological legends and religious tales. Subject of the research: Lithuanian etiological legends and religious tales. Methods: structural-semantic, comparative. Data of the research: the text descriptions refer to “The Catalogue of Lithuanian Narrative Folklore” by B. Kerbelyte (4; 5; 6). Results: the assumption is proposed that structural-semantic analysis enable to define the function, the boundaries, and the development of the folklore genres more precisely.

Subject:
Etnologija / Ethnology
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