Formes Simples by André Jolles
A compact comparative study that isolates and analyzes a set of elemental narrative and expressive types found across cultures and periods. Treating these “simple forms” as autonomous structures, it describes their formal features, historical development and social and psychological functions, showing how basic patterns—riddles, myths, legends, fables and related modes—operate in oral tradition, literature, visual art and ritual. The work emphasizes typology and formal description over interpretive reading, aiming to reveal the recurring shapes that underlie diverse cultural productions.
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- 1930
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- German
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- Einfache Formen
- Formes simples
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