The Study of Russian Folklore

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: COLLECTING FOLKLORE -- 1. IN SEARCH OF FOLKTALES AND SONGS (FROM TRAVEL IMPRESSIONS) / M., B. / Sokolov, Ju. M. -- PART TWO: ORIGINS AND TRANSMISSION -- 2. ON THE ORIGIN OF RIDDLES / Anikin, V. P. -- 3. THE THEME OF HEROIC COURTSHIP / Zirmunskij, V. M. -- 4. GEOGRAPHIC NAMES IN THE BYLINY / Pliseckij, M. M. -- 5. FROM BOOK TO FOLKLORE / Rozanov, I. N. -- PART THREE: TELLERS AND SINGERS -- 6. A SIBERIAN NARRATOR / Azadovskij, M. K. -- 7. IMPROVISATION IN RUSSIAN FOLKLORE / Astaxova, A. M. -- PART FOUR: FUNCTION -- 8. SOME TYPES OF RUSSIAN NEW YEAR SONGS / Cicerov, V. I. -- 9. RITES AND POETRY / Bazanov, V. G. -- PART FIVE: STRUCTURE -- 10. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BYLINY / Skaftymov, A. P. -- 11. TOWARDS A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE FOLKTALE / Nikiforov, A. I. -- 12. THE "FUNCTION" OF THE FAIRY TALE / Propp, V. Ja. -- 13. THE GRADUAL CONTRACTION OF IMAGES / Sokolov, B. M. -- PART SIX: FORM -- 14. THE FORM OF DIALOGUE IN THE BYLINA / Gabel, M. O. -- 15. COMMONPLACES [LOCI COMMUNES] AS A MEANS OF DOCUMENTING BYLINY / Uxov, P. D. -- 16. FIXED EPITHETS IN THE BYLINY AS A MEANS OF CREATING AND TYPIFYING IMAGES / Uxov, P. D. -- PART SEVEN: FOLKLORE AND SOCIETY -- 17. THE "LOW" HERO OF THE FAIRY TALE / Meletinskij, E. M. -- 18. THE BALLAD ABOUT THE SLAYING OF THE SLANDERED WIFE / Balasov, D. M. -- PART EIGHT: FOLKLORE IN THE CHANGING WORLD -- 19. REALISTIC FEATURES IN THE BYLINY / Astaxova, A. M. -- 20. THE STATE OF THE BYLINA IN THE POST-WAR YEARS / Pomeranceva, E. V. -- 21. FOLKLORISTICS AND THE PRESENT DAY / Cistov, K. V. -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX