Le conte, un espace de transgression et de construction de soi
The tale, a space of transgression and of self-construction

Author(s): Emilia Dolcu
Subject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Study of Literature, Cultural Essay
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: explicit prohibition; implicit prohibition; natural justice; wishes; beliefs; self-construction;
Summary/Abstract: The desire to defy the forbidden is an essential element of the tale; Propp includes it in the initial situation of his narrative scheme. This space of transgression, specific to the tale, I propose to explore through the patterns of the door, the window, the partition, the passage. Along with the timeless, which is the register of all tales, I also examine the effect of the march of time on the message communicated by this type of story. A corpus of a dozen tales, from different backgrounds, will serve as the basis for my study.

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