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Introduction: Vladimir Jakovlevič Propp by Anatoly Liberman ix
I. The Nature of Folklore 1
7. The Nature of Folklore 3
2. Folklore and Reality 16
3. The Principles of Classifying Folklore Genres 39
4. On the Historicity of Folklore 48
II. The Wondertale 65
5. The Structural and Historical Study of the Wondertale 67
Translated by Serge Shishkoff
6. Transformations of the Wondertale 82
Translated by C. H. Severens
7. Historical Roots of the Wondertale: Premises 100
Translated by Maxine L. Bronstein and Lee Haring
8. Historical Roots of the Wondertale:
The Wondertale as a Whole 116
Translated by Maxine L. Bronstein and Lee Haring
9. Ritual Laughter in Folklore 124
(A Propos of the Tale of the Princess Who Would Not Laugh
[Nesmejana])
III. Heroic Poetry 147
10. Russian Heroic Epic Poetry: Introduction 149
IV. Supplement 165
Structure and Form: Reflections on a Work by Vladimir Propp
by Claude Levi-Strauss 167
Translated by Monique Layton
Postscript 189
Notes 193
Bibliography 213
General Index 235
Index of Foreign Terms 252
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