Naslov
Semiotic analysis of the oral stories from the island of Vis

Autori
Božanić, Joško

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Maritime Heritage and Modern Ports

Urednik/ci
Marcet, R. ; Brebbia, C. A. ; Olivella, J.

Izdavač
Wessex Institute of Technology Press

Grad
Southampton : Boston (MA)

Godina
2005

Raspon stranica
93-102

ISBN
1-84564-010-1

Ključne riječi
semiotics, oral literature, narration, narrator

Sažetak
In this paper the author interprets three mutually connected oral stories from the island of Vis. The narrative structure of the stories is analyzed through semiotic interpretation. The narrator's position is established, as well as its role in the narration. The author continues to analyze the humouristic character of facenda as a narrative type of oral literature. He identifies particular types of humour, different in each oral story. The author identifes and interprets symbolic meaning of two mutually opposing iconic figures: the cat - as an embodiment of the thanatos principle (the underground, dark side) and the rooster - as an embodiment of the solar principle (eros). This opposition is tied to the contrast between the centripetal force (man's attachment to place) and the centrifugal globalizational force which annuls the identity of place.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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