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Titre Folklore, ethnographie et histoire : Les travaux de V. Ja. Propp et les recherches soviétiques
Auteur Irène Sorlin
Mir@bel Revue Cahiers du monde russe
Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique
Numéro volume 29, no 1, janvier-mars 1988 Maksim Gor'kij (1868 - 1936) cinquante ans après
Rubrique / Thématique
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Page 95-137
Résumé anglais Irène Sorlin, Folklore, ethnography and history. V. la. Propp's work and Soviet research. Folkloric studies which developed in Russia since nearly two centuries have been subjected to a decisive and important reorientation - concerning historians as well as ethnologists - with the rise of typological analysis. The name of Propp, main promoter of this research, is often quoted in the West where nevertheless most of his work remains unexploited. Typological analysis considers folklore - as well as the language - as a continuously re-elaborated form. The versions at our disposal - belatedly transcribed - reveal no trace whatsoever of the conditions that produced the tales but this basis did exist and can be found by comparison with other traditions that are collected by ethnology. Similar socio-economic conditions induce neighboring structures which remain in force, while the significance ascribed to each of their elements changes when economic relations are transformed.
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