For Thursday (September 30)

Your goal for Thursday is to do a "Proppian" analysis of the Russian fairy tale that I distributed in class.

First, read through the fairy tale. Next, consult the list of Propp's 31 narrative functions. (If you're a little fuzzy about what they mean - - try checking our class notes.) Now return to the fairy tale.

List the Proppian functions you can find in the fairy tale. Use a numbered list with the title of the function, eg. "1. Absententation: the father goes off somewhere," etc.

You should come to class with a list of functions discovered in the fairy tale.