| Titre | Analyses structurales de Rip Van Winkle | |
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| Auteur | Jean Béranger | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 5, avril 1978 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | II - Circles |
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| Page | 13 pages | |
| Résumé anglais |
This essay suggests a new reading of Rip Van Winkle as a text composed of dreams, fairy tale elements and mythical fragments. It is argued that the interplay of convergent methods of analysis reveals the narrative coherence of this piece of American folklore. The study is made with reference to all the elements of the complete text. A special emphasis is given to a strictly Freudian interpretation without consideration of biography. The story appears to be a dream of death and old age and the phallic mother disguised as fairy tale and myth. This core interpretation is linked with structural approaches reflected in the work of Bruno Bettelheim as student of fairy tales, and the Russian formalist Vladimir Propp and his disciple Alan Dundes, the specialist of North American Indian folklore. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/rfea_0397-7870_1978_num_5_1_989 |
