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Document Description
Title
An
analysis
of the
tall
tale
genre
with
particular
reference
to
Phillippe
d'Alcripe's
La
nouvelle
fabrique
des
excellents
traits
de
vérité
(circa
1579);
together
with an
annotated
translation
of the
work
Author
Thomas
,
Gerald
Description
Thesis
(M.A.)
--
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1970.
Folklore
Date
1970
Pagination
ix, 353 leaves
Subject
Alcripe
,
Philipe
d'
,
sieur
de
Neri
en
Verbos
,
16th
cent.;
Tales--History
and
criticism
Degree
M.A.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore
Discipline
Folklore
Language
Eng
Notes
Bibliography
:
leaves
336-353
Abstract
The
aim
of this
study
is
to
provide
a
detailed
analysis
of
various
aspects
of
one
minor
genre
in
oral
folk
narrative
, the
tall
tale.
The
analysis
refers
particularly
to
Philippe
d'Alcripe's
La
Nouvelle
Fabrique
des
Excellents
Traits
de
Vérité
(ca.
1579)
, a
rare
and
important
collection
of
sixteenth
century
French
tall
tales
with
many
international
parallels.
Because
of its
scarcity
, the
work
has been
translated
and
annotated.
--
Previously
defined
largely
on the
basis
of its
content
of
lies
and
exaggerations
, a
new
definition
of this
humorous
anecdotal
genre
,
based
for the
most
part
on the
analysis
of
American
source
material
,
includes
as
criteria
the
contexts
and
functions
of the
tall
tale.
The
genre
is
characterised
by
certain
formal
patterns
such
as the
"lying
contest"
between
two
liars.
Tall
tales
tend
to
gather
around
noted
raconteurs
who
are the
heroes
or
protagonists
of their
own
or
others'
tales.
Such
heroes
seem
to
thrive
in a
limited
number
of
professional
contexts
and
generally
enjoy
a
regional
fame
alone
,
unless
commercially
exploited.
It
has been
possible
to
confirm
the
existence
in
French
tradition
of
patterns
of
tall
tale
telling
,
similar
to these
found
in
North
America.
--
The
presence
of
lying
motifs
or the
common
notion
of
impossibility
in
other
genres
has
necessitated
an
analysis
of the
differences
between
the
tall
tale
and
Märchen
,
saint's
legend
,
giant
lore
,
nonsense
tale
,
lying
song
and
aspects
of
children's
lore
and
folk
speech.
--
Against
this
background
, an
analysis
of the
content
of the
tales
in
La
Nouvelle
Fabrique
supports
the
argument
that
Philippe
d'Alcripe's
collection
is
a
body
of
traditional
oral
narrative
collected
in a
traditional
context
with an
accuracy
approaching
modern
standards.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
resource
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76006331
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(43.02
MB)
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