Prosodi: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra
Vol 8, No 1: JANUARI 2014

WISDOM AS MOTIF IN FOLKTALES THE GOOD PEASANT’S SON

Abu Fanani (Fakultas Adab dan Budaya UIN Sunan Ampel)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2014

Abstract

In this article, the writer discusses wisdom as motif in fourfolktales from four different cultures which are as follows: the GoodPeasant’s Son (A Russian folktale), the Crocodile and the Hunter (anAfrican-Nupe folktale), Breaking the Chain (a Guatemalan folktale),and Wisdom for Sale (an Indian-Gujerati folktale). The writer thendiscusses the wisdom through the actions of the main characters in thethree folktales whilst the words of the main character in one folktale.Further, the writer uses formulaic theory as the aforesaid folktaleshave been spread through the words of mouth from generations togenerations. Yet, the writer has found out the oral stories in writtenbooks. Eventually, the writer draws conclusion that wisdom hasexisted in the four mentioned folktales.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

prosodi

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

PROSODI: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra is biannual peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Social and Cultural Science, University Trunojoyo Madura. The journal encourages original articles on various issues within Language and Literary Studies, which include but are not ...