3. Vladamir Propp
He was Russian Soviet Formalists Scholar who analyzes
basic plots of Russian Folk Tales in their simplest forms.
4. What’s the Point?
The proposal of Vladamir Propp was that
actions and characters can all fit into
defined roles and functions.
An example where this works is Star Wars
but there are also lots of films where it
doesn’t work such as Pulp Fiction (not a
linear narrative, flash backs and starts from
the middle)
5. Character Roles
Hero Good, Seeks Something
Villian Bad, Stops Hero
The Donor Prepared Hero (Gives Magical Object)
The Princess and her farther Gives a task to the hero and identifies the false
hero
The dispatcher Sends hero on his way to do his task
False hero Someone who pretends to be the hero
6. Morphology of Folk
Tale
Published in 1928 (in Russian) it then became popular in
western culture in 1958 when it was translated. His character
types can be applied to any story.
7. Narrative Structure
He broke up fairy tales into sections, from this he managed
to turn this into a sequence of events that happened in
Russian fairytales.It starts off with an initial situation which
is followed by 31 functions.
8. 31 Functions
All the 31 functions can be seen here with a description of each one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp#Functions
