This item is a research paper written about the folk hero, Oleksa Dovbush from Ukraine, and what he and other folk heroes say about the Ukrainian national narrative.
Lytviak, MarkoThis item is a research paper which analyzes whether Propp's 31 functions that all Slavic folktales have in common are still applicable to contemporary renditions of folktales, using the Last Bogatyr as a case study.
Raza, AbbieThis collection consists of five final papers by students in the SLAV-204 class Slavic Folklore & Mythology taught by Maria Mayerchyk, Huculak Research Fellow, in the Fall term 2019. Topics covered are Dovbush, Ukrainian wedding, Baba-Yaga, Propp, and symbolism of the rooster. This collection also contains a copy of the course outline.
This item is a research paper about the symbolism of the rooster in Eastern Slavic folktales, using "Ivanoushka the Simpleton", "The Fox, the Hare and the Cock", and "the Tale of the Golden Cockerel" for analysis.
Hontar, Nataliya