ENGLISH 3F03 Lecture 2: W1L23 W2L12 Arabian Nights
15 Sep 2017
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Textual elements: structure, protagonists ge(cid:374)de(cid:396), ho(cid:449) the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)ted et(cid:272), setting: space (open closed, motifs, metaphors, oppositions. These are categories that can be used for analysis of the text: vladimir propp: morphology of the folktale (1928). Looked for a pattern within fairytales looking at form and function. He takes a structuralist approach to the text. As opposed to a reflection, literary is often more of a refraction of life. A story is constructed with a goal in mind and regardless of the political, social commentary it can make. It is never truly indicative of this world, our world. The tales originated from arab, persian, indian, and chinese travelers, merchants who travelled the. Chinese silk route (extended from no(cid:396)the(cid:396)(cid:374) chi(cid:374)a to the middle east a(cid:374)d eg(cid:455)pt(cid:895). East, south, and western asia with europe, africa and the. Mediterranean world were connected by trade routes for traders, missionaries, merchants, nomads, those who dealt in the silk trade, spices and so on.
