The Study of Russian Folklore

✍ Scribed by Felix J. Oinas (editor); Stephen Soudakoff (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 352
• Series: Slavistic Printings and Reprintings; 4
• Edition: Reprint 2018
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: COLLECTING FOLKLORE
1. IN SEARCH OF FOLKTALES AND SONGS (FROM TRAVEL IMPRESSIONS)
PART TWO: ORIGINS AND TRANSMISSION
2. ON THE ORIGIN OF RIDDLES
3. THE THEME OF HEROIC COURTSHIP
4. GEOGRAPHIC NAMES IN THE BYLINY
5. FROM BOOK TO FOLKLORE
PART THREE: TELLERS AND SINGERS
6. A SIBERIAN NARRATOR
7. IMPROVISATION IN RUSSIAN FOLKLORE
PART FOUR: FUNCTION
8. SOME TYPES OF RUSSIAN NEW YEAR SONGS
9. RITES AND POETRY
PART FIVE: STRUCTURE
10. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BYLINY
11. TOWARDS A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE FOLKTALE
12. THE "FUNCTION" OF THE FAIRY TALE
13. THE GRADUAL CONTRACTION OF IMAGES
PART SIX: FORM
14. THE FORM OF DIALOGUE IN THE BYLINA
15. COMMONPLACES [LOCI COMMUNES] AS A MEANS OF DOCUMENTING BYLINY
16. FIXED EPITHETS IN THE BYLINY AS A MEANS OF CREATING AND TYPIFYING IMAGES
PART SEVEN: FOLKLORE AND SOCIETY
17. THE "LOW" HERO OF THE FAIRY TALE
18. THE BALLAD ABOUT THE SLAYING OF THE SLANDERED WIFE
PART EIGHT: FOLKLORE IN THE CHANGING WORLD
19. REALISTIC FEATURES IN THE BYLINY
20. THE STATE OF THE BYLINA IN THE POST-WAR YEARS
21. FOLKLORISTICS AND THE PRESENT DAY
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX