Collecting Folktales in Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8935256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L P Elwell-Sutton, L P Elwell‐sutton (Mercy Corps, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 98-104 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1982.9716224 |
| OpenAlex | W2087476998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
IN the introduction to his revision of Antti Aarne's The Types of the Folktale, published in 1961, Stith Thompson included Iran among the areas which, he said, were so far as folk literature was concerned 'almost completely unexplored.' It is surprising, though undoubtedly true, that this should have been the case as recently as twenty years ago. Of course the serious study of the folktale is in any case a somewhat recent development, and the oriental folktale in particular seems to have suffered from the patronising attitudes of a more moralistic age. In his introduction to his translation of The Arabian Nights, first published in 1802, Edward Forster voiced the general feeling of the time that entertainment should always be leavened with instruction
Ancient history · Art · Entertainment · Epistemology · Feeling · Literature · Visual arts · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |