The first book in which philologist and folklorist V. Ya. Propp examines the Russian heroic epic as part of Russian culture, Russian history, and Russian reality. What are the differences between an epic, a myth, a fairy tale, a bylina, and a story? What motives lie behind the actions of heroes known since childhood? What meanings do unadapted plots of bylinas carry - cruel, dramatic, poetic, full of symbolism and heroism?
Author: Vladimir Propp
Year of issue: 2023
Publisher: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber
Pages: 800
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 222x158x42 mm
ISBN: 978-5-00214-241-5