TUMAČENJE BAJKE PRINC DRAGOLJUB ŽANE MARI LEPRENS DE BOMON PREMA AKTANCIJALNOM MODELU
ANALYSIS OF THE FAIRYTALE PRINCE CHARMER BY JEAN MARIE LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT EMPLOYING THE ACTANTIAL MODEL

Summary/Abstract: Following Propp’s structural analysis of folk tales, Greimas develops his actantial model (1966),which aims at an in-depth analysis of a particular text based on six invariable elements of action– actants. Extending knowledge about the relationships between actants, Anne Ubersfeld (1976)applies Greimas’ actantial model to dramatic texts, leaving the possibility that her actantialmodel can also be applied to the analysis of non-dramatic texts. The subject of this paper isthe analysis of the fairy tale Prince Charmer (Le Prince Charmant) by the French writer andpedagogue from the Age of Enlightenment, Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont. In additionto being considered by literary critics as one of the founders of French children’s literature,Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont is also considered a prominent adherent of the religiousEnlightenment. Prince Charmer is a moralist fairy tale extracted from the author’s most famouswork – The Young Misses Magazine (Le Magasin des enfants), published in 1756. Through theinterpretation of this fairy tale according to Anne Ubersfeld’s actantial model, in this paper, weidentify and classify actants into six established fields (subject, object, sender, receiver, helperand opponent), and then follow with an analysis of several possible actantial models.

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