Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
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| The six-volume ''[[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature]]'' (1932–37) is considered the international key to folklore [[narratology]] and [[thematic literary criticism]]. It is based on [[Antti Aarne]]'s [[motif]]-based classification system which the [[American folklore|American folklorist]] [[Stith Thompson]] translated and expanded in [[1928]]. | The six-volume ''[[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature]]'' (1932–37) is considered the international key to folklore [[narratology]] and [[thematic literary criticism]]. It is based on [[Antti Aarne]]'s [[motif]]-based classification system which the [[American folklore|American folklorist]] [[Stith Thompson]] translated and expanded in [[1928]]. | ||
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| :" ... Thousands of [[obscene]] motifs in which there is no point but the obscenity itself might logically come at this point, but they are entirely beyond the scope of the present work. They form a literature to themselves, with its own periodicals and collections. In view of the possibility that it might become desirable to classify these motifs and place them within the present index, space has been left from X700 to X799 for such motifs (Thompson 1955-8, 5:514)." | :" ... Thousands of [[obscene]] motifs in which there is no point but the obscenity itself might logically come at this point, but they are entirely beyond the scope of the present work. They form a literature to themselves, with its own periodicals and collections. In view of the possibility that it might become desirable to classify these motifs and place them within the present index, space has been left from X700 to X799 for such motifs (Thompson 1955-8, 5:514)." | ||
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| + | *[[Toward a Motif-Index of Erotic Humor]] | ||
| + | *[[Morphology (folkloristics)]] | ||
| + | *[[Aarne-Thompson classification system]]'' | ||
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The six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1932–37) is considered the international key to folklore narratology and thematic literary criticism. It is based on Antti Aarne's motif-based classification system which the American folklorist Stith Thompson translated and expanded in 1928.
Major categories include A, Mythological Motifs; B, Animal Motifs; C, Motifs of Tabu; D, Magic; E, the Dead; F, Marvels; G, Ogres; H, Tests; J, the Wise and the Foolish; K, Deceptions; L, Reversals of Fortune; M, Ordaining the Future; N, Chance and Fate; P, Society; Q, Rewards and Punishments; R, Captives and Fugitives; S, Unnatural Cruelty; T, Sex; U, the Nature of Life; V, Religion; W, Traits of Character; X, Humor; and Z, Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs.[1]
The category X700 – X799 is reserved for sexual humour. It is left blank because in the words of Stith Thompson:
- " ... Thousands of obscene motifs in which there is no point but the obscenity itself might logically come at this point, but they are entirely beyond the scope of the present work. They form a literature to themselves, with its own periodicals and collections. In view of the possibility that it might become desirable to classify these motifs and place them within the present index, space has been left from X700 to X799 for such motifs (Thompson 1955-8, 5:514)."
See also
- Toward a Motif-Index of Erotic Humor
- Morphology (folkloristics)
- Aarne-Thompson classification system
