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Oppositions in folktales and myths : textometric approach

Article: English. Online Library collection
Author(s)
Huy, Julien d'
Title
Oppositions in folktales and myths : textometric approach / Julien d’Huy.
In
RMN newsletter, Helsinki: Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki, 2010-, 77–80
Subjects
Finland
Content
Testu osoa
Type of material
Article
ISBN / ISSN
2324-0636
This study introduces lexical proximity analysis applied to motif and tale-type summaries in order to identify structural oppositions, assess their relative prominence in a corpus and enable further analysis. Findings are presented and discussed from a pilot study to assess Claude Lévi-Strauss’s hypothesis that myths are characterized by ‘strong’ oppositions while folktales are not. The methodology of lexical analysis can, however, be applied with a variety of aims.