МЕТАМОРФОЗЕ ЧОВЕКА У ЖИВОТИЊУ: Логика трансформација у усменом фолклору
MAN’S METAMORPHOSIS INTO AN ANIMAL: Logic of transformation in oral folklore

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of the material from Serbian oral folklore, the paper illustrates the logic of the modification of man into an animal in a whole range of genres, from the fairytale and tale, to the ballad and epic, based on the particular types of fantasy, strategies of conceptualization and pragmatics of the text. The paper follows the directions of transformation and the connection of metamorphosis and sin (miracle, emanation of the transcendental), which is a foundation for the reconstruction of the position and “use” of animal in the anthropocentric model of the world.

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