Saturday, 21 September 2013

Narrative Theories - Vladimir Propp

Vladimir Propp

(29 April 1895 - 22 August 1970)
Propp was a Soviet formalist and literary scholar, who focused on Russian fairytales and folklore.



Some characters had interchangeable roles, such as the dispatcher, false hero and the villain e.g. Lord Farquaad in Shrek (as shown below)





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