Chicken narrative

CATEGORYFAMILIARITIES:DIFFERENCES:THEOR
CHARACTERSPROPP, presents the idea of STOCK CHARACTERS, inc ‘hero’, ‘false hero’, ‘princess’, ‘father figure’, ‘despatcher’
THEMESLEVI-STRAUSS
the use of key themes to structure stories and characters around familiar themes: family, community, law and order, justice. Often set up as binary oppostions: right/wrong urban/rural, young/old, good/bad
ProppLevi-Strausse
CharactersMum – false hero
Richard – protagonist
Polly – Father figure
Annabelle – Princess/hero
Chicken – hero
Themes – calm/angry (polly)
– law/order (theft)
– lower/upper class
– rural/urban

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