THE TOPOS OF THE PATH AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS IN FAIRY-TALES Cover Image

ТОПОС ПУТЛ И ЊEГОBE ОДЛИКЕ У БAЈЦИ
THE TOPOS OF THE PATH AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS IN FAIRY-TALES

Author(s): Nataša B. Stanković Šošo
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Topos of the path; Fairy tales;

Summary/Abstract: The topos of the path has a generating, but also a linking function, not only in the structure of the fairy-tale, but also at the level of the plot; it represents a necessary principle in the narrative art of fairy-tales, without which it would collapse as a genre. This paper underlines the characteristics of the topos of the path in fairy-tales which enable to link the path directly with the travel: 1) as the road on which the hero travels; 2) as the direction of movement (horizontal and vertical path); 3) as the place — sign which determines further movement of the hero, and 4) as the objectivization of the plot in the stages.

  • Issue Year: 53/2005
  • Issue No: 1-3
  • Page Range: 119-131
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian