Vladimir Propp

He suggested that the tales have a controlled temporal sequence and that each part of a myth has a certain order that they never stray from. Propp came up with thirty-one units of action, called motifemes, that he believed were constant in every traditional tale. This meant that in every story the function of characters stayed the same even if the characters themselves changed. The thirty-one functions cannot be applied to all myth but it does however allow more insight for establishing a system for understanding the study of mythology. Propp’s theory’s made it easier to distinguish between myths and other sorts of tales in different…

(After intro) Vladimir Propp was a Russian folklorist and scholar whose contributions are both enormously important and highly accessible for the understanding of narratives found on television and in the media in general. Propp argues that there are 31 different series of rules and functions that all narratives follow. In “Propp, de Saussure, and the Narrative” Arthur Berger breaks down the 31 different rules and functions, the first function is the initial situation in which the main character…

Russia experienced a surge of nationalism during three major aspects of its contemporary history that led to the modern interpretations of Russian national identity. The first of three advancements in nationalism advanced under the rule of Peter the Great, whose influences and policies evoked Russia’s potential as a Western State. His rule saw the manifestation of a united Russian consciousness that developed and strengthened internal affairs domestically, and rose as a national power on a…

From the time we are born we are fed the lies of capitalism. We are raised in a society that hides the ones that are hurt by this powerful mindset. These people are swept under the rug to be dealt with later. Johnson and Robbins have very influential ideas about capitalism. Johnson writes about the matrix of capitalist domination. In this section he tries to explain the complexities of privilege and how privileges relate to one another. Johnson takes us back to when capitalism first began to…

consider times when the absence of religion has done the same. Under the control of Joseph Stalin and the Communist party in the early 1920s, Russia became the first nation to institutionalize atheism. Propelled by the ideals of communism and the example of his predecessor, Stalin sought to secularize the nation and to bring an end to religion in Russia. This paper will explore the tensions between religion and politics in Stalinist Russia, focusing particularly on how Stalin’s political agenda…

Even though The Soviet Union turned from a rural farming country to an industrialized power house in just a matter of years, Stalin’s plans were more harmful than helpful to the Soviet Union because of the famine he caused, and the millions that died because of his actions. Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks or communist party that took control of Russia on October 24, 1917. During the Russian Revolution, he was a general who fought in major battles in the Russian Civil War…

In Franz Kafka’s story The Metamorphosis, Gregor’s character initially parallels his sister, Grete’s, and eventually, as Grete has her own internal metamorphosis, highlights the deep shame she has by the end of the novel. Pre-Insect-Gregor, in the opening passage, awakes to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. However, throughout the story, the recurrent theme of “self-shame” is prominently steeped within the two characters. Insect-Gregor withdraws into a self-loathing recluse who…

What is Socialism? Socialism is defined as public control of property and resources. Society should produce goods and own property for the good of its own members, and if someone helped make a good, they should be allowed to share in it. The object of production should be to meet human needs. Money would disappear, everyone would take freely in what is produced, and work would be voluntary and as needed. Socialism is a direct opposite to capitalism’s ideas of individuals developing to the best…

The concept of nationalism was dealt with differently by many communist theorists and leaders during the 20th century, ranging from toleration, attempts to destroy the concept and the incorporation of nationalism into the Communist ideology. Early Communist thinkers such as Marx, Engels and Rosenberg shared similar views on the issue of nationalism in that it would become an irrelevance within a fully formed socialist state. Furthermore, Vladimir Lenin implemented these views of the Marxist…

from the Proletarian class had to face exploitation which brought discontent and frustration in the heart of working class people. Many scholars and thinkers; Vladimir Lenin and G.V Plekhanov were inspired by Marxist idea of socialism that was based on classless society and equal distribution of wealth. Thus, the century ended with continuous rebellion, demonstration strikes, and struggles for emancipation of the working class. The turn of twentieth century brought important events in the…