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Brief Forms in Medieval and Renaissance Hispanic Literature.

The studies gathered in this volume engage in different ways with the ideas of André Jolles (1874-1946), whose Einfache Formen ("Simple Forms") was first published in 1930. Trained as an anthropologist, Jolles argued that these "simple" forms - Legende (legend), Sage (saga), Myt...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Barry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
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Sumario:The studies gathered in this volume engage in different ways with the ideas of André Jolles (1874-1946), whose Einfache Formen ("Simple Forms") was first published in 1930. Trained as an anthropologist, Jolles argued that these "simple" forms - Legende (legend), Sage (saga), Mythe (myth), Rätsel (riddle), Spruch (proverb), Kasus (case), Memorabile (memorable action), Märchen (folk or fairy tale) and Witz (joke or witticism) - which had circulated at a very early stage of human culture underlay the more sophisticated genres of literature. Unlike epic or tragedy, many of the simple forms are not
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1527500594
9781527500594