Structure and history in the semiotics of myth

Semiotica 39 (1/2):131-165 (1982)
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Abstract

The structure of narrative discourse is the focus of much current research, but the classicist Walter Burkert argues for a revitalization of the historical approach to myth. He pushes the origins of myth beyond ritual to action patterns man shares with animals. His approach is evaluated in the context of Propp's historical analysis, which complements his 'morphological' approach to Russian folktales; and to Levi-Strauss's synchronic analysis of myth, which sees an ahistoric connection between the myths of North and South America.

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Structuralism.Jean Piaget - 1970 - New York,: Basic Books.

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