Vladimir Propp and the Universal Folktale

by Peter Gilet

It is a summary of just about every folk tale theory, textual and contextual, that I could find, with a look at a famous structural theory, Propp's, and the suggestion that yes, there is a universal folk tale structure, and that, no, Propp's paradigm was too long. needed trimming. After fifteen years i am about to get back into this fascinating field. peter gilet.