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G.B. Basile and Apuleius : First Literary Tales : Morphological analysis of three fairytales

HURBÁNKOVÁ, Šárka

Basic information

Original name

G.B. Basile and Apuleius : First Literary Tales : Morphological analysis of three fairytales

Authors

HURBÁNKOVÁ, Šárka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Graeco-Latina Brunensia, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 1803-7402

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00105475

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

Keywords in English

Giambattista Basile; Apuleius; Pentamerone; Cupid and Psyche; The Golden Trunk; The Padlock; Beauty and the Beast; ATU; Propp; morphology of the folk tale; Difficult Task; Villain; Hero; Sought-For-Person

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Změněno: 4/3/2019 15:56, Mgr. Marie Skřivanová

Abstract

V originále

This paper compares two fairy tales The Golden Trunk and The Padlock from the collection Pentamerone by G.B. Basile and the Tale of Cupid and Psyche from the Apuleius’ Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) according to a morphological analysis of functions (Propp 1968) and according to the Aarne–Thompson–Uther classification system (Uther & Disinlage 2004). The analysis is based on Canepa (2007: pp. 169, 199, 399, 404), translator of the English version of Basile’s Pentamerone, who maintains that four of the fairy tales in this collection contain Cupid and Psyche motifs and elements as well as Zipes (2000: p. 54), who includes these four fairy tales in the family of “Beauty and the Beast” tales. Following preliminary research, it was found that the structure of Tale of Cupid and Psyche is most similar to the Basile’s fairy tales called The Golden Trunk and The Padlock, which is also confirmed by the Jacob Grimm’s statement (1846: p. xi) and by comparative reading of A. Maggi (2015: pp. 25–27). In this paper, their findings are supported by the detailed structural comparison based on Propp’s morphological analysis with the emphasis on the function of the Difficult Task which mostly links together the three key figures (the Villain, the Hero, and the Sought-For-Person) and which is considered crucial for the dynamics and theatrical potential of the tales where the function is present. The further studies will focus on this function, the acting figures and the performativity of fairy tales in Baroque Europe.

Links

MUNI/A/0916/2017, interní kód MU
Name: Zkoumání starověkých jazyků, jejich písemnictví a příslušných kultur, včetně jejich recepce – 2018 (Acronym: Staré jazyky, písemnictví, kultury)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A