CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Greek Hero Cult, Vladimir Propp, Sophocles
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Vladimir"s (russian man) idea was that any kind of folktale could be broken down into what he called functions and he defined 31 different functions that account for all possible narratives. Don"t have to have all 31 functions in every story because not all stories are that long. The function of leaving home or putting on disguised or being pursued by an enemy, vague generic idea that show up in same order no matter what kind of quest story. The monomyth campbell (american) was exactly the same thing as vladimir. Hero quests always follow the same pattern/order and can be applied to hamlet, beauty and the beast anything. Called them steps not functions, didn"t have official terminology. Receiving supernatural aid help you along you way, another step could be meeting with the goddess. Steps/functions allows us to fill in the blanks.
