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A comparative approach to the ballad of „The Hidden Death“: meaning, structure, techniques
A comparative approach to the ballad of „The Hidden Death“: meaning, structure, techniques

Author(s): Krinka Vidaković-Petrov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: ballad poetics; ballad structure; ballad techniques; gender; West European and Slavic ballads

Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on a ballad fairly widely distributed in WesternEurope and known under various titles: The Hidden Death, Le Roi Renaud, Sir Oluf, Clerk Colvill, etc. The analysis seeks to determine its structural features, narrative types, semantic oppositions, characters, gender perspective, structural analogues in the South Slavic tradition, its overall meaning and consider certain aspects of balladpoetics in the context of comparative studies.

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 199-214
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English