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Daniel Fabre et le conte : « Ecriture d’une différence »
L'Atelier du CRH, 2017 Since the early 1970s, Daniel Fabre has emphasized the process of connection between the definition of folklore and the ethnographic practices of collecting folk tales.
Catherine Velay-Vallantin
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Oral Tradition, 2003 My area of research is the folktale, marvelous tales in particular. Over the past six years I have been working on a classified index of Portuguese folktales soon to be finished. I envisage oral tradition/oral literature as the outcome of active transmission of a given narrative through many links and over a certain span of time ...
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Integrative Values of Folktales: Igbo Folktale Example
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2020 The indigenous language of a people is the most accepted medium of communication. It enshrines and translates the peoples’ life (culture) as domesticated in their norms, values and morals. Adopting the functional perspective to sociological studies, this paper aims at x-raying the values of folktales (Igbo Folktale), for the formation of well behaved ...
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Critical Management Studies: From One‐Dimensional Critique to Three‐Dimensional Scepticism
Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 1637-1660, May 2026.Abstract Critical Management Studies (CMS) has largely relied on one‐dimensional critique which focus on the negation of a dominant social order. This strong focus has made the field increasingly stale and preoccupied with standard objects for critique.
Mats Alvesson, André Spicer
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Witches in Fairy Tales and their Use in Therapy. Interview with Gréta Vaskor
Martor, 2023 Fairy tales (and other narratives) are used as therapeutic tools in therapy. Stories about witches and magic, including spells, mobilize the emotions and the mind of the patient and help them providing patterns and suggesting solutions. This interview is
Gréta Vaskor , Tünde Komáromi
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Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.This study highlights a collaborative initiative with Atayal tribal leaders to co‐develop books at two levels of difficulty that feature recurring and supportive grammatical structures. Across the two levels, some books shared similar sentence structures; others did not. Findings demonstrate that the intervention successfully reinforced the intertwined
Ching‐Ting Hsin +2 more
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Tolkien, Eucatastrophe, and the Re-Creation of Medieval Legend [PDF]
, 2017 Using comparative literary analysis, this essay examines three case studies from J.R.R. Tolkien’s oeuvre, in which Tolkien practiced eucatastrophic rewriting: his folk-tale, “Sellic Spell,” in which he re-creates the Old English poem Beowulf; his poem ...
Beal, Jane, PhD
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The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices
Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
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Ecocriticism Values In The Indonesian Folktale Timun Emas (Golden Cucumber)
Humaniora, 2018 The article presented how to learn an Indonesian folktale entitled Timun Emas which related to the process of the environment. The elements of fiction in this folktale, the setting, was a clue in relating the nature and the human which was part of eco-
Retnowati Retnowati +2 more
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Dagens Rødhette i en flerkulturell kontekst – mulighet for en ny identitet?
Barnboken: Tidskrift för Barnlitteraturforskning, 2013 The starting point for this article is the tendency in recent Norwegian children’s and Ya fiction to thematize cultural encounters in an increasingly multicultural and globalized world. The picturebook Little Miss Eye Flap (Skylappjenta, 2009) written by
Hanne Kiil, Elise Seip Tønnessen
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