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Doaa Taher Matrood AL-dihaymawee, Jabir ibn Hayyan Medical University, IraqYousif Ali Yousif Salman, University of Diyala, Iraq
Abstract
According to narratologists, Vladimir Propp’s “Morphology of the Folktale” is generally recognized as one of the most inspiring contributions to “the understanding of plot structure” (Sundari, 2014, p.1). Therefore, Propp’s theory was initially found to analyze Russian folktales. However, some researchers apply it to fairytales, such as Sundari (2014), who used it in “Sleeping Beauty," and Nursantia (2003), who used it in Joseph Conrad’s novel “Heart of Darkness." Salmah (2004) applied Propp's theory to Charles Dickens’s “Our Mutual Friend" in his thesis. Thus, the lack of using Propp's “Morphology of the Folktale” in novels in general and modern text in specific with Wodak’s (2001; 2009) discourse-historical approach inspires researchers to fill this gap in the study by using Propp's theory in the contemporary book, "The Guardian” by Nicholas Sparks (2003) and a CDA theory on the exact text. This study tries to address the following research questions:
1. Is it possible to apply Vladimir Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale (1927) to Nicholas Spark’s novel “The Guardian”?
2. What are the good and bad morals portrayed by the main characters in “The Guardian”?
3. How many features of Propp’s thirty-one features can be found in Nickola Spark’s “The Guardian”?
4. What are the main macro-topics in the novel?
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Conference: ACAH2024Stream: Literature/Literary Studies
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AL-dihaymawee D., & Salman Y. (2024) Applying CDA and Vladimir Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale to Nicholas Sparks’ “The Guardian” ISSN: 2186-229X – The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities 2024 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 27-39) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-229X.2024.4
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-229X.2024.4
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